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Measuring tax burden efficiency in OECD countries : an international comparison
Afonso, António; Montes, Ana Patricia; Domínguez … - 2024
In this paper, we estimate the potential tax burden in a panel data set comprising OECD countries over the period 2000-2021. To this end, we use non-parametric and parametric techniques: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). In this way, it will be possible for...
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The effects of the tax cuts and jobs act on the tax-competitiveness of multinational corporations
Overesch, Michael; Reichert, Leon G. A.; Wamser, Georg - 2023
We exploit the 2017 US tax reform to learn about the tax-competitiveness of US multinational corporations (MNCs) relative to their international peers. Matching on the propensity score, we compare pairs of similar US and European firms listed on the S&P500 or StoxxEurope600 in a...
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How to measure the tax burden on labour at the macro-level?
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Volkerink, Bjørn - 2003
The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, we survey the way in which the tax burden on labour has been proxied for in recent multi-country macro-economic studies. Second, we critically evaluate these proxies. Finally, we examine to what extent the conclusions of some studies change if some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507980
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Consolidating the Covid debt
Keuschnigg, Christian; Johs, Julian; Stevens, Jacob - 2021
One of the main functions of public debt is to smooth taxes and spending over time. In the Covid crisis, the Maastricht deficit restrictions were temporarily suspended to allow for large temporary deficits. As recovery sets in, countries are confronted with the task of consolidating the Covid...
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The Role of Indicators in Structural Surveillance
1990
considerations. Potential indicators are examined for six areas -- taxation, trade, industry, agriculture, labour markets and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444002
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Exploring the dark side of tax policy : an analysis of the interactions between fiscal illusion and the shadow economy
Bühn, Andreas; Dell' Anno, Roberto; Schneider, Friedrich - 2015
taxation increases both shadow economic activities and fiscal illusion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305420
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Shadow economies around the world : what do we know?
Schneider, Friedrich; Klinglmair, Robert - 2004
of taxation and social security contributions combined with rising state regulatory activities are the driving forces for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402475
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Shadow economies around the world : new results for 158 countries over 1991-2015
Medina, Leandro; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017 - Revised version
Using the MIMIC method, this paper is a first attempt to estimate the size of the shadow economy of 158 countries over the period 1991 up to 2015. In addition to performing a variety of robustness tests, this paper explicitly addresses endogeneity concerns to the use of GDP as cause and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646238
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Increasing Efficiency and Reducing Complexity in the Tax System in the United States
Herd, Richard - 2001
of improvements that could help reduce the distortions that taxation creates in the economy and so boost long …-run economic performance. The most noticeable gains could come from reforming the taxation of the income from capital. Savings are … income depending on the sector in which it is invested and the financing instruments that are used. In addition, taxation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445968
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Outside the state : the shadow economy and shadow economy labor force
Schneider, Friedrich - 2014
In this paper the main focus lies on the shadow economy and on work in the shadow. The most influential factors on the shadow economy are tax policies and state regulation. The size of the shadow economy was decreasing over 1999 to 2007 from 34.0% to 31.2% for 161 countries (unweighted average)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361448