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Title: Charles E. McLure papers
Date (bulk): 1983-1985
Collection Number: 99017
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
25 manuscript boxes
(12.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, working papers, and printed matter relating to American taxation policy during
the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan and especially to worldwide unitary taxation proposals.
Creator:
McLure, Charles E.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1999.
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[Identification of item], Charles E. McLure papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Charles E. McLure, Jr. was born in Sierra Blanca, Texas on April 14, 1940. He received degrees in economics from the University
of Kansas and Princeton University. He attended the University of Kansas for a Bachelor's degree from 1958 to 1962. He then
attended Princeton for both his Master's and Doctoral degrees between 1962 and 1966. After a few years of teaching at Rice
University, McLure served as the Vice President of the National Bureau of Economic Research from 1977 to 1981. In 1983, he
became Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Analysis. McLure was responsible for developing the Treasury Department's
proposals to President Ronald Reagan for income tax reform. This work would be the basis for the Tax Reform Act of 1986. He
was also Staff Director of the Working Group on Worldwide Unitary Taxation. At the end of his term as Deputy Assistant in
1985, he received the Treasury Department's Exceptional Service Award. McLure has written extensively about tax reform and
taxation, and has served as a consultant to various U.S. governmental agencies and international organizations. He received
the Daniel Holland Medal from the National Tax Association in 2004.
McLure is currently a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution specializing in the economics of tax policy.
1962 |
B.A., University of Kansas |
1962-1965 |
M.A. and Ph.D., University of Princeton |
1965-1977 |
Professor, Rice University |
1977-1981 |
Vice president, National Bureau of Economic Research |
1979 |
Author,
Must Corporate Income Be Taxed Twice?
|
1981- |
Senior fellow, Hoover Institution |
1983-1985 |
Deputy assistant secretary of the treasury for tax analysis, Department of the Treasury, United States |
1985 |
Received Exception Service Award from Department of the Treasury |
1986 |
Author,
Economic Perspectives on State Taxation of Multijurisdictional Corporations
|
1987 |
Author,
The Value Added Tax: Key to Deficit Reduction, with Mark A. Bloomfield
|
1990 |
Author,
The Taxation of Income from Business and Capital in Colombia
|
1999 |
Author,
Fiscal Transition in Kazakhstan, with Jorge Martinez and Sally Wallace
|
2004 |
Received the Daniel Holland Medal, National Tax Association |
Scope and Content of Collection
Comprised of correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, working papers, and printed matter relating to American taxation
policy during the Ronald Reagan administration. Materials are mostly focused on fundamental tax reform and worlwide unitary
taxation proposals. There is a large amount of memoranda which is accompanied by supplementary materials related to tax reform.
Original folder and binder titles have been retained when possible.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989
Taxation -- United States
United States -- Economic policy -- 1981-1993
Unitary taxation
Reagan, Ronald
United States. Department of the Treasury