This paper assesses the macroeconomic and distributional impact of personal income tax (PIT) reforms in the U … marginal tax rates; (ii) PIT cuts do 'trickle-down' the income distribution: tax cuts stimulate demand for non …-tradable services which raise the wages and employment prospects of low-skilled workers even if the tax cut is not directly incident on …

Using the post-WWII data of U.S. federal corporate income tax changes, within a Smooth Transition VAR, this paper finds … that the output effect of capital income tax cuts is government debt-dependent: it is less expansionary when debt is high … than when it is low. To explore the mechanisms that can drive this fiscal state-dependent tax effect, the paper uses a DSGE …

expectations, while an increase in personal income tax shocks is inflationary for mediumrun. A surprise increase in gasoline prices …

I estimate permanent and transitory tax-price and income elasticity of charitable giving in Germany using a rich panel … data of tax return for the years 2001-2006. Income tax reforms were implemented in 2004 and 2005. The results suggest that … the permanent tax-price elasticity varies significantly by income class, ranging from -0.2 for low incomes to -1.6 for …

benefits. We find that part-time work while receiving unemployment benefits is strongly concentrated in the service and social … implementation of earnings disregards in unemployment benefits and housing allowances, which allowed individuals to earn up to 300 … euros per month without reductions in their benefits. Using variation in the impact of the reforms on incentives between …

In this paper we provide short- and long-run tax buoyancy estimates for 107 countries (distributed between advanced … that: i) for advanced economies both long-run and short-run buoyancies are not different from one; ii) long run tax …

robot tax that has featured prominently in the policy debate on automation and show that it could raise the capital stock … and per capita output at the steady state. However, the robot tax cannot induce a takeoff toward positive long-run growth. …

-up scenarios, analyzing how improving the efficiency of capital spending and of tax revenue collection affect growth and debt …