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expectations, a structural labor demand model, and a tax-benefit microsimulation model. Our findings show that as of September 2020 …. However, the tax benefit system and discretionary policy responses to the crisis act as important income stabilizers, since …
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Does parental wealth inequality impact next generation labor income inequality? And does a tax on parental wealth …. The estimated hypothetical wage distribution without the wealth tax is more unequal. Moreover, suggestive evidence …
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This paper presents the properties of optimal piecewise linear tax systems for two-earner households, based on joint …
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. The robot tax exploits general-equilibrium effects to compress the wage distribution. Wage compression reduces income-tax … distortions of labor supply, thereby raising welfare. In the calibrated model, the optimal robot tax for the US is positive and … generates small welfare gains. As the price of robots falls, inequality rises but the robot tax and its welfare impact become …
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allowed a tax-free return of capital contributed through new issues. A substantial difference is found between the regimes in …
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The introduction of the 2006 Norwegian shareholder income tax was announced in advance, and it increased top marginal … tax rates on individual dividend income from zero to 28 percent. We document strong timing effects on dividend payout on a …
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This paper reconsiders the effects of dividend taxation. Particular attention is paid to the form of the equity trap, that is, the extent to which cash paid to the shareholders must be taxed as dividends. Our analysis shows that Sinn's (1991) criticism of the well-known King and Fullerton (1984)...
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determination than in tax determination. Apart from some simulation studies, theoretical studies of optimal tax design typically … Atkinson-Stiglitz and Chamley-Judd results, this article raises the issue of tax-favored retirement savings, a topic where the …
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This paper reviews the economic effects of the EU Savings Taxation Directive. The Directive aims at enabling taxation of foreign interest payments received by individuals in accordance with the rules of their State of residence. The data suggest that the Directive, which is based on automatic...
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loophole by providing grandfathering (exemption from withholding tax) for some securities. In this paper we compare the pre-tax … returns of exempt bonds and comparable taxable bonds. If working around the Savings Directive is difficult for tax evaders in … enough to allow tax evaders to continue evasion at no additional cost. The findings of our study are in line with this latter …
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