relevant for Germany in view of the heavy losses from renting. Using micro data from tax statistics we analyze the income tax …

We analyze the distribution and taxation of top incomes in Germany during the 1990s on the basis of individual tax … findings are as follows: (i) incomes are highly concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (ii) the German economic … concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (iv) although effective tax rates are significantly lower than statutory ones …

percentile of the income distribution in Germany to pin down the effective income taxation of households with very high incomes … in Germany. -- Personal Income Tax ; Taxing the Rich ; Effective Progressivity …

We analyze the top tail of the wealth distribution in Germany, France, Spain, and Greece based on the Household Finance … of household wealth in Germany jumps up from 24 percent in the HFCS alone to 33 percent after top wealth imputation. For …

computed for Germany using a dataset that includes the tax returns of all German top taxpayers. We find that the optimal top …