In this paper we quantitatively characterize the optimal capital and labor income tax in an overlapping generations model with idiosyncratic, uninsurable income shocks, where households also differ permanently with respect to their ability to generate income. The welfare criterion we employ is...

In der Diskussion um eine Reform der Einkommensbesteuerung hat das ifo Institut jüngst in einem Gutachten eine Besteuerung der Zinseinkünfte in Frage gestellt, da dies einer Bestrafung der Zukunftsvorsorge gleichkomme und die Kapitalbildung diskriminiere. Professor Gerold Krause-Junk und...

Die Steuerbelastung von Unternehmens- und Vermögenseinkommen hat sich im Vergleich zur Belastung der Arbeitnehmerentgelte seit 1980 mehr als halbiert. Worauf ist die sinkende Steuerbelastung von Unternehmens- und Vermögenseinkommen zurückzuführen? Wie sollten die Unternehmen angesichts der...

Competitive pressure on some capital income tax rates reinforces a generic quadrilemma or a four-way tradeoff in domestic income taxation. To maintain competitiveness, governments have to cut some tax rates on capital income down to international standards. If these cuts lead to a de-alignment...

Under the Nordic dual income tax system, the taxpayer's total tax bill depends not only on his total income but also on the division of that income between capital income and labor income. This has created new room for tax avoidance, especially for active owners of (closed) corporations. For...

We develop models of optimal linear and non-linear income taxation with endogenous human capital formation to explore optimal education subsidies. Optimal subsidies on education ensure efficiency in human capital accumulation and thus play an important role in alleviating the tax distortions on...

This paper proposes a growth-oriented dual-income tax by combining an allowance for corporate equity with a broadly defined flat tax on personal capital income. Revenue losses are compensated by an increase in the value added tax. The paper demonstrates the neutrality properties of the reform...

Pension benefit rules depend on individual history far more than taxes do, and age plays a much larger role in pension determination than in tax determination. Apart from some simulation studies, theoretical studies of optimal tax design typically contain neither a mandatory pension system nor...