We perform a detailed analysis of the phenomenon of tax evasion in Italy, looking for determinants and policy solutions. We first discuss the characteristics of the tax system, the coercive system and the economic structure; we then investigate empirically the determinants of personal income tax...

In recent years Regions and Municipalities in Italy have been assigned the power to apply local surtaxes on the personal income tax levied at national level. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, from a positive perspective, we measure the redistributive effects produced by the adoption of...