Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers
Richard A. Musgrave Papers
Musgrave, Richard A. (Richard Abel) (1910-2007)
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8 boxes
1874-2008
1999-2006
Richard Abel Musgrave (1910-2007) was a leading 20th-century economist whose work transformed the field of public finance. Consists of the professional files of Richard A. Musgrave.
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Scope and Contents
Consists of the professional files of Richard A. Musgrave. The material documents Musgrave's career as an economist and professor, and includes publications and presentations, drafts, discussion papers, conference materials, reports, editorial and teaching materials, email correspondence and written correspondence, and awards received.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peggy B. Musgrave in October 2008 [ML.2008.026]. Additional accessions came in 2009 and 2012 [ML.2009.018 and ML.2012.006]
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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This collection was processed by Regine Heberlein on July 29, 2010. Materials were re-housed in archival boxes and a series-level description was created at this time. Materials from the March 2012 accession were added to the collection and the finding aid was updated by Maureen Callahan on April 16,2013. Materials from the March 2012 accession were moved into archival folders at this time.
Musgrave, Richard A. (Richard Abel) (1910-2007)
Biographical / Historical
Richard Abel Musgrave (1910-2007) was a leading 20th-century economist whose work transformed the field of public finance. He was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize. Musgrave's seminal work, The Theory of Public Finance(1959), theorized the economic role of government in partnership with the private sector in democratic societies. Musgrave conceptualized the public sector budget as having three branches concerned with the allocation of resources, the distribution of income, and stabilization of the economy. Musgrave also introduced the new concept of "merit wants." His work further revolutionized public finance by applying microeconomic analysis, Keynesian macroeconomics and consideration of equity to theories of taxation. Renowned for its accessible style, the book is still considered a major theoretical work in the field of public finance. The Musgraves' co-authored 1973 work Public Finance in Theory and Practicealso remains an important textbook. Musgrave served as an advisor on tax reform to a number of governments, including postwar Germany, Colombia, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Indonesia, South Korea, and Taiwan. In addition, he served as editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics and was founder and President of the International Seminar in Public Economics. He was a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Science, and was a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association and the National Tax Association as well as Honorary President of the International Institute of Public Finance. He was awarded the Frank E. Seidman Award in Political Economy in 1981.
Musgrave, Richard A. (Richard Abel) (1910-2007)
biographical statement
Progressive taxation.
Labor supply -- Effect of taxation on.
Fiscal policy.
Welfare economics.
Finance, Public -- United States
Taxation.
Photographs, Original.
Correspondence
Clippings (information artifacts).
Speeches.
Diamond, Peter A.
Friedman, Ben
Hüfner, Willi
Kaplow, Louis.
Musgrave, Peggy B.
Musgrave, Richard A. (Richard Abel) (1910-2007)
Riew, John
Schumpeter, Joseph A. (1883-1950)
Ver Eecke, Wilfried
Musgrave, Richard A. (Richard Abel) (1910-2007)
Biographical / Historical
Richard Abel Musgrave (1910-2007) was a leading 20th-century economist whose work transformed the field of public finance. He was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize. Musgrave's seminal work, The Theory of Public Finance(1959), theorized the economic role of government in partnership with the private sector in democratic societies. Musgrave conceptualized the public sector budget as having three branches concerned with the allocation of resources, the distribution of income, and stabilization of the economy. Musgrave also introduced the new concept of "merit wants." His work further revolutionized public finance by applying microeconomic analysis, Keynesian macroeconomics and consideration of equity to theories of taxation. Renowned for its accessible style, the book is still considered a major theoretical work in the field of public finance. The Musgraves' co-authored 1973 work Public Finance in Theory and Practicealso remains an important textbook. Musgrave served as an advisor on tax reform to a number of governments, including postwar Germany, Colombia, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Indonesia, South Korea, and Taiwan. In addition, he served as editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics and was founder and President of the International Seminar in Public Economics. He was a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Science, and was a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association and the National Tax Association as well as Honorary President of the International Institute of Public Finance. He was awarded the Frank E. Seidman Award in Political Economy in 1981.
Series 1: 2008 November Accession/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004087 boxes2008 NovemberImmediate Source of AcquisitionML.2008.026
Scope and ContentsMaterials document Musgrave's career as an economist and professor, and include writings, speeches, syllabi for Harvard courses, discussion papers, conference materials, email correspondence and written correspondence
ArrangementThe order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
Publications By Authors Other Than Musgrave/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004111 box1961-19961Publications By and About Musgrave/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004121 box1941-19911Scope and Contents(Includes cover of 1984 Allied Social Science Associations Program designed by M.)
Publications Regarding Finance By Authors Other Than Musgrave/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004131 box1874-19802Wagner/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004141 box18932Correspondence/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004151 box1978-20072Publications By and About Joseph A. Schumpeter/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004161 box1949-19922Industrial Service Medal, Republic of Korea/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004171 box19722Misc. Drafts/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004181 boxundated2Course Readings for Economics for the Lawyer (Harvard Law School 1968)/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004191 box1960-19862Honors and Awards/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004201 box1980-20013Scope and Contents(Includes photographs.)
Correspondence regarding Professional Activities and Awards/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004211 box1981-20053Scope and Contents(Includes letters written by and addressed to Peggy M.)
Obituaries/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004221 box20073Book Reviews/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004231 box1999-20013Diamond, Peter/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004241 box20043Cartoons from Columbia regarding Musgrave/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004251 boxundated3Opinions/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004261 box1978-20063Scope and Contents(Includes an autobiographical article written for his stepdaughter, Pam.)
National Tax Journal -Hansen, invited paper/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004271 box19883Munich/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004281 box20013Michigan/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004291 box19993Scope and Contents(Includes correspondence regarding the Richard Musgrave Prize of the National Tax Journal.)
Reprints/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004301 box1968-19884Personal-Keep/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004311 box1979-19934Correspondence/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004321 box1979-19934Misc. Correspondence/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004331 box1983-19924Evaluations/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004341 box1978-19904Professional/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004351 box1979-19944Op-Ed Pieces/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004361 box19894Speeches and Professional Papers/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004371 box1963-19924Awards/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004381 box1991-20014Afro/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004391 box20004Requests/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004401 box1979-19994Correspondence/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004411 box1978-19994Own Work/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004421 box19664Correspondence/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004431 box1978-19914Riew, John/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004441 box1992-19994Correspondence/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004451 box1979-19854Japan Trip/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004461 box19804Tax Reform Planning-A Discussion Paper/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004471 box19674Jerusalem/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004481 box19804OAS-Organization of American States/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004491 box19724Korea/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004501 box19674Publisher/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004511 box19874Correspondence/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004521 box1970-20024Correspondence with Willi Hüfner/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004531 box1999-20014Obituaries and Death Notices/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004541 box2007-20084Publications Regarding Public Goods By Authors Other Than Musgrave/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004551 box1957-19965Letters/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004561 box2003-20055Data/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004571 box2003-20045Musgrave's Report-Indonesia/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004581 box19745Publications/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004591 box1942-19925Scope and Contents(Includes drafts and page proofs.)
Publications By Authors Other Than Musgrave/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004601 box1994-19965Books/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004611 boxdates not examined6Scope and Contents(Includes: Musgrave, Richard A. and Malcolm Gillis (ed.). Fiscal Reform for Columbia. Final Report and Staff Papers of the Colombian Commission on Tax Reform. Cambridge: The Law School of Harvard University, 1971. Musgrave, Richard A. Reprints. Private Binding. )
Johnson "Brain Trust,"/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004621 box1963-19646"Ileolanthe: An Almost Entirely Unoriginal Comic Opera in One (That's Enough) Act,"/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004631 boxundated6Correspondence with Ben Friedman/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004641 box20006Copies of German Newspapers/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004651 box190619106Scope and Contents(Includes obituary of Karl Abel (paternal grandfather) and photostat of the 1910 December 14 (Musgrave's birthday) issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung )
Recent Papers/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004661 box1996-20026The International Seminar in Public Economics/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004671 box1997-19996Taiwan/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004681 box19686University of California, Santa Cruz/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004691 box198920046Ver Eecke, Wilfried/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004701 box200320066Kaplow, Louis/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004711 box2002-20036Brookings/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004721 box2003-20046Munich-Center for Economic Studies/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004731 box2002-20046Liberty Fund, Inc/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004741 box19966Portugal/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004751 box19896Photos/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004761 box196219731976undated6Colombia/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004771 box1970-19886Scope and Contents(Includes correspondence relating to M.'s visit to Argentina.)
Fiscal Policy Seminar (Brookings Institution)/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004781 box1975-19886Bank Conference/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004791 box19906The International Seminar in Public Economics/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004801 box19746Puerto Rico Report/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004811 boxundated6Correspondence (alpha), 1979-2006`/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004821 boxdates not examined6Biographical/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004831 box1985-2007undated6Scope and Contents(Includes handwritten genealogy of the Abel-Prüfer family)
Misc. Publications and Professional Activities/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004841 box1989-20086Publications Regarding Social Philosophy By Authors Other Than Musgrave/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004851 box1907-19817Scope and Contents(For Economics 2080 Economy and Society)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Interview/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004861 box20067Press/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004871 box19897Biographical/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004881 box1990-2008790th Birthday/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004891 box20007Writings and Speeches/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004901 box1986-20007Bibliography etc/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004911 box19907Scope and Contents(Includes biographical material.)
Homburg, Germany/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004921 boxdates not examined7Scope and Contents(Includes material regarding presentations given at various universities in Germany and Switzeland, 1993-1995)
Belgium/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004931 box1976-19777Portugal/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004941 box19687Scope and Contents(Contains news clippings.)
Portugal/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004951 box19787Scope and Contents(Includes material regarding a visit in Spain)
Speeches/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004961 box198019847Reviews/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004971 box197419957Reports/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004981 box1967-19687Series 2: 2009 September Accession/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004091 box2009 SeptemberImmediate Source of AcquisitionML.2009.018
Scope and ContentsThe material in this accession includes email and other correspondence as well as select articles. Also includes an autographed photograph of Adlai Stevenson.
ArrangementThe order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Articles/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004991 box1992-20048Series 3: 2012 March Accession/repositories/3/archival_objects/3004101 box1944Immediate Source of AcquisitionML.2012.006
Scope and ContentsThe material in this accession includes memoranda and conference papers (all unpublished) by Richard Musgrave.
ArrangementThe order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
"Tax Reduction after the War"/repositories/3/archival_objects/3005001 box1944 May 308"Economic Issues of Postwar Tax Reform" Summary of Comments/repositories/3/archival_objects/3005011 box1944 June 28"Three Plans for Postwar Taxation: A comparison of the C.E.D., Twin Cities and Ruml-Sonne Tax Proposals "/repositories/3/archival_objects/3005021 box1944 October 48"Postwar Fiscal Policy"/repositories/3/archival_objects/3005031 boxundated8"Alternative Budget Policies for Full Employment"/repositories/3/archival_objects/3005041 box1945 March 138"Measuring the Impact of the Personal Income Tax on Savings"/repositories/3/archival_objects/3005051 box1944 November 88