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In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by efficiency wages, it is shown that a balanced-budget shift...
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In October 2007 France introduced an exemption on the income tax and social security contributions that applied to wages received for hours worked overtime. The goal of the policy was to increase the number of hours worked. This article shows that this reform has had no significant impact on...
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Germany, the top marginal income tax rates were reduced exclusively for entrepreneurs in 1994 and 1999/2000. These tax reforms …
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Decisions by firms and individuals on the extent of their tax payments have generally been treated as separate choices. Empirically, a positive relationship between corporate and personal income tax evasion can be observed. The theoretical analysis in this paper shows that a manager's decision...
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Das deutsche Einkommenssteuerrecht ist zu komplex und zu intransparent. Zahlreiche Reformkonzepte wurden in den vergangenen Jahren öffentlich diskutiert. Allerdings ist es bisher nicht gelungen, den bestehenden Zielkonflikt zu überwinden und positive Beschäftigungs- und Verteilungswirkungen...
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Die in Aussicht gestellten Steuererleichterungen sind das beherrschende Thema der ersten Wochen nach Amtsantritt der neuen Bundesregierung. Die vorliegende Studie enthält eine Simulation der mutmaßlichen Effekte einer Umsetzung des von der FDP vorgeschlagenen Stufentarifs und Bürgergelds auf...
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Die Komplexität des deutschen Steuersystems hat in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder Verbesserungsvorschläge hervorgerufen. In diesem Beitrag analysieren wir den von Manfred Rose vorgelegten Reformvorschlag eines Fünf-Stufen-Tarifs in Verbindung mit einer Reform der steuerlichen...
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Recent research on the behavioral effects of income taxes has to a large extent focused on the elasticity of taxable income with respect to the net-of-tax rate, i.e., one minus the marginal tax rate. We offer new evidence on this matter by making use of a large panel of Swedish tax payers over...
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several tax reforms that were implemented in Germany between 2001 and 2008. Our baseline estimates indicate an overall ETI of …
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This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …
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