In der Debatte über eine Reform des deutschen Einkommensteuersystems wird immer wieder die Einführung einer Flat Rate Tax gefordert. Üblicherweise bestehen solche Vorschläge aus den Elementen Verbreiterung der Bemessungsgrundlage, Erhöhung des Grundfreibetrags und Einführung eines (relativ...

The flat income tax has become increasingly popular recently, yet its implementation is limited to Eastern Europe. We analyse the distributional and e? ciency effects of flat tax scenarios for Western European countries. Our simulations show that flat tax rates required to attain revenue...

The flat income tax has become increasingly popular recently, yet its implementation is limited to Eastern Europe. We analyse the distributional and efficiency effects of flat tax scenarios for Western European countries. Our simulations show that flat tax rates required to attain revenue...

In der Debatte über eine Reform des deutschen Einkommensteuersystems wird immer wieder die Einführung einer Flat Rate Tax gefordert. Üblicherweise bestehen solche Vorschläge aus den Elementen Verbreiterung der Bemessungsgrundlage, Erhöhung des Grundfreibetrags und Einführung eines (relativ...

In der Debatte über eine Reform des deutschen Einkommensteuersystems wird immer wieder die Einführung einer Flat Rate Tax gefordert. Üblicherweise bestehen solche Vorschläge aus den Elementen Verbreiterung der Bemessungsgrundlage, Erhöhung des Grundfreibetrags und Einführung eines (relativ...

In Germany, there is an ongoing debate about how to increase the efficiency of the social security system. The aim of this paper is to simulate different financing systems for Germany with its typical Conservative welfare state regime. For our analysis, we rely on the European static...

The flat income tax has become increasingly popular recently, yet its implementation is limited to Eastern Europe. We analyse the distributional and efficiency eects of flat tax scenarios for Western European countries. Our simulations show that flat tax rates required to attain revenue...

The flat income tax has become increasingly popular recently, yet its implementation is limited to Eastern Europe. We analyse the distributional and efficiency effects of flat tax scenarios for Western European countries. Our simulations show that flat tax rates required to attain revenue...

The flat income tax has become increasingly popular recently, yet its implementation is limited to Eastern Europe. We analyse the distributional and efficiency effects of flat tax scenarios for Western European countries. Our simulations show that flat tax rates required to attain revenue...

The flat income tax has become increasingly popular recently, yet its implementation is limited to Eastern Europe. We analyse the distributional and efficiency effects of flat tax scenarios for Western European countries. Our simulations show that flat tax rates required to attain revenue...