We study the effect of tax policy on stock market returns in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom using … GARCH models and a unique daily dataset of legislative tax changes during the period 1 December 1978 to 31 January 2018. We … find that days of discretionary tax legislation during all stages of the process often matter for returns, both in terms of …

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 …

Procedures of revenue estimation of changes in the personal income tax are discussed. Using revenue estimates of the … 2006 tax cuts in the personal income tax in Norway as an example, we show that estimates of costs of cuts differ … 56 percent comes back as increased tax revenues from other tax bases and increased personal income tax following from …

Microsimulation models of the LOTTE system are key tools for tax policy-making in Norway and are extensively used in …-behavioral tax-benefit model for personal income tax (LOTTESkatt), a labor supply model (LOTTE-Arbeid), and a model for … microsimulation models, we give examples of how the models are used in practical and academic work. …

Gender differences in voting patterns and political attitudes towards redistribution are well-documented. The … experiments on preferences for redistribution conducted in the U.S. and several European countries to disentangle these potential … mechanisms. We find that when choosing to redistribute income as a disinterested observer, women choose higher tax rates than men …

issue by estimating “unexplained” changes in tax and social contribution revenues, based on proxies for tax revenue bases … same exercise using alternative tax base proxies, either taken from forecasting models or on the basis of our knowledge of … the tax system in each country. The results show that, in the aggregate, revenue windfalls and shortfalls have exhibited a …

We estimate the elasticities of the most important tax categories using a new quarterly database of discretionary tax … the UK, long-term tax-to-base elasticities are generally higher than short-term elasticities, whereas results for the US … close to unity. (iii) German and UK tax-to-output elasticities in the short term are lower than long-term elasticities, with …

countries using pooled regressions. Fiscal effects are included via after-tax interest rates. Other factors shown to be relevant …

workers by legal ones if the former are characterized by lower tax benefit ratios or if over-qualification among unauthorized …