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crisis. In particular, it reviews the existing evidence on the links between taxes and many characteristics of the crisis …
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avoidance; but, if online firms remit taxes, online sales may put upward pressure on tax rates because internet sales help … enforce destination-based taxes. I find that higher internet penetration generally results in lower municipal tax rates, but … raises tax rates in some jurisdictions. The latter effect emerges in states where many online vendors remit taxes. A one …
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consumption taxes in total tax revenues increases and this process have triggered higher tax burden on labor in most of the EU …
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, labor and consumption taxes. It touches on recent trends in income tax incentives for highly skilled workers, the challenges …
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This paper provides a theory and firm-level evidence on the incorporation decision of entrepreneurs in a model of taxes … (corporate and personal income taxes), corporate transparency, access to external capital and limited liability. We estimate …
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A simple theory suggests that a common form of federal horizontal equalization grants should cause subnational governments to levy higher tax rates, distorting local tax bases and so increasing federal transfers. To test this, I examine Canadian provincial tax policies in the 1972-2002 period....
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We apply non-linear error-correction models to the empirical testing of the sustainability of the government's intertemporal budget constraint. Our empirical analysis, based on Italy, shows that the Italian government is meeting its intertemporal budget constraint, in spite of the high levels of...
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This paper develops a competition theory framework that evaluates an important aspect of the OECD's Harmful Tax Practices Initiative against tax havens. We show that the sequential nature of the process is harmful and more costly than a 'big bang' multilateral agreement. The sequentiality may...
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Whether observed differences in redistributive policies across countries are the result of differences in social preferences or efficiency constraints is an important question that paves the debate about the optimality of welfare regimes. To shed new light on this question, we estimate labor...
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The purpose of this paper is to assess whether politicians manipulate the timing of tax rate changes in a strategic way to maximize reelection prospects. To do so, we exploit the German local business tax as a testing ground which is set autonomously by German municipalities. As election dates...
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