William McBride Vice President of Federal Tax and Economic Policy Contact William McBride Follow William McBride on Twitter Dr. William McBride is the Vice President of Federal Tax and Economic Policy at the Tax Foundation, where he leads our efforts to research, model, and reform the U.S. tax code. Dr. McBride has more than ten years of experience analyzing a variety of economic and policy issues. Most recently, he served as a manager in the National Economic and Statistics (NES) group at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he worked on numerous projects, including economic impact analyses, industry surveys, U.S. federal and state tax revenue estimates, and general quantitative analyses. He also has experience researching and modeling the economics of taxation and issues related to tax reform at the state, federal, and international levels. Dr. McBride is no stranger to the Tax Foundation. From 2011 to 2014 he served as chief economist, where he wrote extensively on the economics of taxation, particularly regarding business investment, and guided the development of the Tax Foundation dynamic scoring model. Dr. McBride holds a PhD in economics from George Mason University, where he specialized in macroeconomics and agent-based modeling. His research has been cited by policymakers and major media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Written Works Role of the 2017 Tax Reform in the Nascent U.S. Economic Recovery October 15, 2020 Critics of Rubio-Lee Tax Reform Are Way Off the Mark March 13, 2015 The Economic Effects of the Rubio-Lee Tax Reform Plan March 9, 2015 JCT Finds Obama Budget Would Hike Taxes by $1.2 Trillion March 9, 2015 Rubio-Lee Plan Cuts Taxes on Business Investment to Grow the Economy by 15 Percent March 4, 2015 Federal Government Lost Money from 2013 Tax Increases on Investors January 29, 2015 Best Evidence Says Obama’s Tax Increase on Investors Harms Investment January 22, 2015 Shareholders Don’t Like High Taxes Either January 15, 2015 America’s Shrinking Corporate Sector January 6, 2015 Japan Plans to Cut Corporate Tax Rate, Leaving U.S. Further Behind December 19, 2014 See Full List Back to Staff Page
