William E. Foster
University of Arkansas
6 Papers
20 Citations
William E. Foster is an academic researcher from University of Arkansas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Income tax & Visual art of the United States. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Adjustment costs and dynamic factor demands for U.S. cigarette manufacturing
TL;DR: In this paper, a dynamic model for U.S. cigarette manufacturing is developed and factor demands are estimated, where tobacco and capital stocks are treated as quasi-fixed inputs and the results indicate that there are significant adjustment costs associated with adjusting tobacco stocks, but not with adjusting the capital stock.
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Partisan Politics and Income Tax Rates
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare individual income tax rates with partisan control of federal political bodies and find that higher income earners are the tax rate battleground for party policy implementation, a vast political mandate represented by control of the House, Senate and presidency is usually necessary to accomplish significant rate revisions; when a sufficient political mandate is achieved, the parties' implementation of rate changes follows their respective rhetorical associations; and in the end, absent armed conflict or economic crisis, sizeable rate changes are exceptionally rare.
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Cell vs. Internet: The Impact on Democratization in Africa
TL;DR: In this article, an empirical assessment of the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on political development in sub-Saharan Africa is presented, based on the Mo Ibrahim indicators of democracy in Africa for 2008.
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When to Praise the Machine: The Promise and Perils of Automated Transactional Drafting
William E. Foster,Andrew Lawson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address the expectations for effective transactional representation by highlighting several common missteps in typical transactional engagements and discuss the potential of automation and artificial intelligence programs to eliminate drafting mistakes and to raise the standard of transactional practice.
The Gallerist’s Gambit: Financial Innovation, Tax Law, and the Making of the Contemporary Art Market
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an account of an important moment in the emergence of the market for Pop art that was facilitated in part by a distinctly accommodating legal environment, focusing on the efforts of an enterprising art gallerist, who aggressively promoted his stable of Pop artists through the development of several financial structures, including some designed to leverage the relatively generous income tax deductions and anemic enforcement regime of the time.