Definition of Laffer

1. Noun. United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940).

Exact synonyms: Arthur Laffer
Generic synonyms: Economic Expert, Economist

Definition of Laffer

1. Noun. (context: entertainment industry) A comedy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laffer

laetrile
laetriles
laevigate
laevo
laevo-
laevodihydroxyphenylalanine
laevogyrate
laevorotatory
laevulinic acid
laevulose
laevuloses
lafayette
lafayettes
laff
laffed
laffer
laffing
laffittite
laffs
laflammeite
laft
lafte
lafutidine
lag
lag bolt
lag phase
lag screw
lagan
lagans
lagemorpha

Literary usage of Laffer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: During by James Burrow, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, William Murray Mansfield (1812)
"... in my 4th Volume, pa. 2291, and see the two notes at the end of thai case, pa. 2294, and 2293 ; particularly the laffer, referring to the case of ..."

2. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality and edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"Chairman, Dr. Zalokar will lead all the questioning of Dr. Laffer. ... Dr. Laffer, can you give the Commission your views on how Federal and State economic ..."

3. Ohio Annals: Historic Events in the Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys, and in by Charles Hallowell Mitchener (1876)
"Laffer commenced an action of slander against Knisely for five hundred dollars damages,-and caused his, arrest on a capias. The trial came on in 1810, ..."

4. Capital (1888)
"Professor Laffer originated "the Laffer curve", which charts a relation between taxes and revenues and shows an optimum point beyond which higher taxes ..."

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