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. …

Tax revenues at 20% of GDP remain low compared to other Latin American countries and the OECD average and tax evasion … than households. Therefore, Colombia needs a comprehensive tax reform that boosts revenues and shifts the tax burden to … support more inclusive and green growth. Tax loopholes and exemptions that reduce the tax base and favour mainly the rich …

The present study provides estimates of the Effective Marginal Tax Rates (EMTRs) for a sample of 17 OECD countries and …-country/cross-sector approach allows us comparing the incentives provided by the tax systems and gauging the effects of tax changes taking … explicitly into account the possible substitution between factors as well as their tax incidence. Our results suggest that the …

This paper examines the effects of a unilateral reform of the redistribution policy in an economy open to international … under international trade compared to autarky, a unilateral tax increase leads to a less pronounced decline in aggregate … tax rates. We highlight as a key mechanism a tax-induced reduction in the market size of the reforming country relative to …

This paper investigates the factors that shape governments’ capacity to collect revenue. To do so, it analyses how tax … revenue responds to tax rates using evidence from a panel of 34 OECD countries over 1978-2014. The estimations show that the … response of revenue to rates weakens as rates become higher, confirming the existence of a hump-shaped relationship between tax …

-level approach. We combine a microsimulation model with labour market transition techniques to simulate the COVID-19 shock on the …

We present new evidence showing that fiscal austerity strengthens support for redistribution, especially for the … relatively well-off. Our theoretical model proposes two mechanisms to explain this heterogeneity in support for redistribution …

This paper analyses the importance of fiscal mechanisms for regional risk sharing and redistribution in Switzerland …

We forecast New York state tax revenues with a mixed-frequency model using a number of machine learning techniques. We …