"This timely book analyses the elasticity of taxable income, a central concept in public finance with a rapidly growing wealth of literature. Combining original empirical research with rigorous theoretical modelling of tax revenue and optimal tax policy, this innovative study examines the...

"Presenting innovative modelling approaches to the analysis of fiscal policy and government debt, this book moves beyond previous models that have relied upon the assumption that various age-specific rates and policy variables remain unchanged when it comes to generating government expenditures...

pt. 1. Introduction. 1. Introduction and outline -- pt. 2. Corporate profits and tax revenue. 2. The revenue elasticity. 3. Tax loss asymmetries. 4. Taxes and income shifting -- pt. 3. A simulation model. 5. The distribution of profits. 6. Modelling deductions -- pt. 4. Corporate tax...