This paper studies the design of tax systems that implement a planner's second-best allocation in a market economy. An … example shows that the widely used Mirrleesian (1976) tax system cannot implement all incentive-compatible allocations … one tax system. However, this tax system is often undesirable since it severely restricts the choice space of agents in …

We characterize the second-best allocation in a Mirrleesian optimal tax model where agents differ in multiple … dimensions and the planner can tax multiple goods non-linearly. We develop a new method that allows us to solve the partial … properties of the optimum. First, the optimal tax system is described by a multidimensional version of Diamond's (1998) and Saez …

the development in effective marginal tax rates and participation tax rates, and estimates, using the difference …-in-differences method, the impact of tax incentives on employment rates of elderly workers. After this background, we ponder possibilities … for reforming the Swedish tax system to improve its labour market impacts. We suggest better targeting the earned income …

This paper investigates whether tax evasion can be beneficial for an optimal income tax schedule. Past theoretical … tax revenues. In this study, we conducted an original real effort experiment in an online labor market with almost 1 … to evade (increased labor supply by 37%). More importantly, the expected tax revenue significantly and substantially …

the joint determination of the non-linear monitoring and tax schedules and the conditions under which these can be … implemented. Monitoring of labor effort reduces the distortions created by income taxation and raises optimal marginal tax rates …, possibly above 100 percent. The optimal intensity of monitoring increases with the marginal tax rate and the labor …

income redistribution and employment creation. In particular, the introduction of both a guaranteed annual income (basic … income) and an employment subsidy are examined, and these policies are compared to a straightforward tax cut for (unskilled …) labour. All initiatives are financed by a tax on capital. In the open-economy setting, capital is perfectly mobile, so there …

We show that the effectiveness of redistribution policy in stimulating the economy and improving welfare is directly … regime counteract the deflationary forces during the recession. Moreover, redistribution produces a Pareto improvement under …

growth enhancing tax and expenditure reform. We quantitatively illustrate that this reform based strategy, by … yet avoids increasing tax rates. With slow consolidation, marginal tax rates are reduced right from the beginning. …

maintains progressive personal income tax rates, gradually withdraws low-income support and provides additional benefits for low …This paper assesses Italy’s 2019 tax and benefit reforms, analyses hypothetical reforms and proposes a reform package … that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and …

housing allowances in 1997 which affected participation tax rates for households with/without children differently. Using a …