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We develop a general method to study the effects of non-linear taxation in dynamic settings using variational arguments. We first derive general theoretical formulas that characterize the welfare effects of local tax reforms and, in particular, the optimal tax system, potentially restricted...
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We present a new framework to identify demand and supply elasticities of agricultural commodities using yield shocks - deviations from a time trend of output per area, which are predominantly caused by weather fluctuations. Demand is identified using current-period shocks that give rise to...
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countries. The cross-country income elasticity of establishment size is remarkably similar across sectors, about 0.3. We discuss …
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earnings with an inter-temporal elasticity of .025 overall. High wage income earners and especially the self-employed display …
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Knowing the elasticity of taxable income (ETI) is crucial for understanding the effects of taxation on taxpayer … composition of their compensation than lower-income individuals. This paper considers the taxable income elasticity when … individuals can shift income across tax bases and thereby defer taxation. We decompose the elasticity of taxable income into a …
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uncertainty, is the overall elasticity of taxable income. We provide new estimates of this elasticity which address identification … income, and on variation in the elasticity of taxable income by income group. We find that the overall elasticity of taxable … income is approximately 0.4; the elasticity of real income, not including tax preferences, is much lower. We also estimate …
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Using industry-level data disaggregated by states, this paper finds a positive impact of trade liberalization on labor-demand elasticities in the Indian manufacturing sector. These elasticities turn out to be negatively related to protection levels that vary across industries and over time....
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.S. tax reforms of the 1980s and a number of smaller tax law changes, I find that the elasticity of income reported on … personal income tax returns depends on the available deductions. This highlights that this key behavioral elasticity is not a …
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(1980} and Melitz (2003). The behavior of the model depends on two industry-level elasticities: the trade elasticity and the … scale elasticity. We show that there is a unique equilibrium if the product of the trade and scale elasticities is weakly … from trade, even when the scale elasticity varies across industries. The presence of scale economies tends to lower the …
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A large literature evaluating the welfare effects of taxation has examined the role of the labor supply elasticity, and … effect on each margin is created by a different tax wedge. Finally, ignoring the composition of the labor supply elasticity … the total labor supply elasticity is as important as its size …
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