Business School Will Examine Tax Effects

Using the case method, a group of Business School researchers will scrutinize the effect of federal taxes on American business enterprise, it was disclosed yesterday. Professor Dan Throop Smith and Assistant Professor J. Keith Butters, both of the Business School, will direct the research team.

Financed by a $175,000 grant from the Merrill Foundation for Advancement of Financial Knowledge, the project calls for the investigation of the actual effect of national tax policy on business decisions.