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Knowing the elasticity of taxable income (ETI) is crucial for understanding the effects of taxation on taxpayer behavior and consequently on tax revenues. Previous research finds that high-income individuals are the most sensitive to tax policy changes. However, these individuals have more...
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optimal' previously, changes in response to a tax reform affect welfare and should be taken into account when designing tax …
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This paper characterizes the welfare gains from redistributive taxation and social insurance in an environment where the private sector provides partial insurance. We analyze stylized models in which adverse selection, pre-existing information, or imperfect optimization in private insurance...
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zero- or negative-cost environmental tax reform are enhanced to the extent that environmental tax reforms shift the tax …
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decompose the gains arising from each element of tax reform, starting from a simple baseline system, as the available tax …
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This paper studies optimal dynamic tax policy under the threat of political reform. A policy will be reformed ex post … if a large enough political coalition supports reform; thus, credible policies are those that will continue to attract … enough political support in the future. If the only credible reform threat is to fully equalize consumption, we find that …
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This paper derives optimal income tax formulas using compensated and uncompensated elasticities of earnings with respect to tax rates. A simple formula for the high income optimal tax rate is obtained as a function of these elasticities and the thickness of the top tail of the income...
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When will the optimal mix of a constant income tax with a constant consumption tax involve a positive income tax? The assumptions of the model in which this question is asked include (1) identical individuals with coincident lifetimes who work in every period; (2) initial endowments of physical...
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The purpose of the present note is to explore the structure of optimal income taxation/redistribution in an economy where the welfare of individuals depends in part on relative after-tax consumption, i.e., we specify individual welfare as a function of absolute and relative after-tax...
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Does significant market power or the presence of large rents affect optimal income taxation, calling for greater redistribution due to tainted gains? Or perhaps less because of an additional wedge that distorts labor effort? Do concerns about inequality have implications for antitrust,...
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