Like in many other countries, wealth inequality has increased in Switzerland over the last fifty years. By providing … new evidence on cantonal top wealth shares for each of the 26 cantons since 1969, we show that the overall trend masks … striking differences across cantons, both in levels and trends. Combining this with variation in cantonal wealth taxes, we then …

Like in many other countries, wealth inequality has increased in Switzerland over the last fifty years. By providing … new evidence on cantonal top wealth shares for each of the 26 cantons since 1969, we show that the overall trend masks … striking differences across cantons, both in levels and trends. Combining this with variation in cantonal wealth taxes, we then …

magazine to gain new insights on the structure and dynamics of top wealth in Switzerland. Using this data allows us study the … literature. First, we present a number of new facts on the wealth elite in Switzerland. We show that about 60% of the super … the top 0.01% in Switzerland and show how they compare to earlier estimates by Föllmi and Martínez (2017) based on wealth …

magazine to gain new insights on the structure and dynamics of top wealth in Switzerland. Using this data allows us study the … distinctive contributions to the literature. First, we present a number of new facts on the wealth elite in Switzerland. We show … dataset to estimate the wealth shares of the top 0.01% in Switzerland and show how they compare to earlier estimates by Föllmi …

apparent corollary is that the same superiority holds in the comparison of an ideal accretion wealth tax and an ideal … consumption tax, because an accretion wealth tax seems not to differ in relevant ways from an ideal income tax.This paper argues … that these conclusions are qualified. A progressive accretion wealth tax can curb negative externalities that remain in …

Recent books by Thomas Piketty (Piketty, 2014) and Anthony Atkinson (Atkinson, 2015) have brought the annual wealth tax … back on the policy agenda. Both authors suggest using the annual wealth tax to supplement the redistributional effects of …, the wealth tax is often not delivering the expected effects - a large share of the tax burden falls on people with low …