Preliminaries -- and Overview -- Demand Theory Under Review -- Quantile Regression: A Robust Alternative to Least Squares -- Analyses of Data from BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys -- Description of Data Used from the Ongoing BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys -- Stability of U.S. Consumption...

1 Einleitung -- 2 Theorie der Steuervermeidung -- 3 Steuervermeidung in Deutschland -- 4 Elastizität des zu versteuernden Einkommens: Literatur -- 5 Elastizität des zu versteuernden Einkommens: Diff-in-Diff-Berechnung -- 6 Elastizität des zu versteuernden Einkommens: Fixed Effects-Modell -- 7...

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