Huaqun Li Senior Economist Dr. Huaqun Li is a Senior Economist at the Tax Foundation. She focuses on developing and maintaining the Foundation’s Taxes and Growth Model, which models the budgetary and economic effects of changes to federal tax policy. She also uses the Taxes and Growth Model to model individual and corporate tax policy proposals and reform plans and helps with publishing the results. Before joining the Tax Foundation, she was a research economist at Regional Economics Models, Inc. at Amherst, MA, where she worked on model building, empirical analysis, and new product development on economic and demographic forecast models. Dr. Huaqun Li received her PhD in Public Policy Analysis from George Mason University. Her primary research areas include regional economic development, regional inequality, entrepreneurship and new firms, as well as regional development in China. Huaqun lives in Fairfax, Virginia. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, hiking, and doing yoga. Written Works Comparing Wealth Taxation and Income Taxes December 9, 2019 Analysis of the “SALT Act” March 11, 2019 Analysis of the Cost-of-Living Refund Act of 2019 March 6, 2019 How Much Revenue Would a 70% Top Tax Rate Raise? An Initial Analysis January 14, 2019 The Distributional Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act over the Next Decade June 28, 2018 Measuring Marginal Tax Rate on Capital Assets December 12, 2017 Which Areas Benefit Most From the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction? August 24, 2017 A Quick Overview of the Asymmetric Taxation of Business Gains and Losses May 31, 2017 Evaluating the Economic Impact of Additional Government Infrastructure Spending January 10, 2017 How Does Capital Gains Taxation Affect Entrepreneurial Activity? May 5, 2016 See Full List Back to Staff Page
