A 2025 working paper by researchers at Yale University published by the National Bureau of Economic Research estimated that Elon Musk's partisan political activities and high-profile political involvement reduced Tesla vehicle sales by up to 1.2 million vehicles over a three-year period.
October 01, 2025
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temporal
Estimate from an academic working paper measuring the effect of a CEO's partisan actions on firm sales.
A 2025 NBER working paper by Akcan S. Balkir, Emmanuel Saez, Danny Yagan, and Gabriel Zucman estimated that the total effective tax rate (all taxes paid relative to economic income) of the top 0.0002% of U.S. households (approximately the Forbes 400) averaged 24% in 2018â2020, compared with 30% for the full population and 45% for top labor income earners.
August 01, 2025
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statistical
Effective tax rate is defined as all taxes paid relative to economic income; the top 0.0002% corresponds approximately to the Forbes 400.
A National Bureau of Economic Research study of the 2020 CARES Act stimulus payments found that 40% of payments were spent, 30% were used to pay down debt, and 30% were saved.
January 01, 2020
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statistical
Breakdown of how recipients used 2020 CARES Act stimulus payments.
A National Bureau of Economic Research study found that recipients of the 2020 CARES Act stimulus payments spent 40% of the payments, used 30% to pay down debt, and saved 30%.
January 01, 2020
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statistical
Breakdown of how households used 2020 CARES Act stimulus payments.