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The evolution of top incomes in an egalitarian society : Sweden, 1903 - 2004
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - In: Journal of public economics 92 (2008) 1/2, pp. 366-387
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003629371
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Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2014
This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer questions such as: What do we know, and how do we know, about the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377364
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Optimal redistributive pensions and the cost of self-control
Bouchard St-Amant, Pier-André; Garon, Jean-Denis - 2014
proportional taxation increases the cost of self-control, and that this adverse effect is more acute when public pensions become …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010391797
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Environmental tax reform in a federation with rent-induced migration
Garon, Jean-Denis; Séguin, Charles - 2015
We study the welfare effects of a revenue-neutral green tax reform in a federation. The reform consists of increasing a tax on a polluting input and reducing that on labor income. Households are fully mobile within the federation. Regions are unequally endowed with a nonrenewable natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496890
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Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer questions such as: What do we know, and how do we know, about the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764612