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This paper is the first to provide evidence of efficient taxation of groups with heterogeneous levels of 'tax morale'. We set up an optimal income tax model where high tax morale implies a high subjective cost of evading taxes. The model predicts that 'nice guys finish last': groups with higher...
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This paper provides evidence of efficient taxation of groups with heterogeneous levels of tax morale. We set up an optimal income tax model where high tax morale implies a high subjective cost of evading taxes. The model predicts that nice guys finish last: groups with higher tax morale will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283584
Although from an economic point of view, legal considerations apart, tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax flight have … evasion, or tax flight, and evaluated it as positive, neutral or negative. The results indicate that social representations … differ with respect to tax avoidance, tax evasion, and tax flight. Tax evasion was perceived rather negatively, tax flight …
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, the tax base. A higher taxable income, in turn, can make tax evasion more attractive. We show for various specifications … tax evasion. This is true, irrespective of whether tax parameters are exogenous, guarantee a balanced budget or are set …
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This article incorporates tax evasion into an optimum taxation framework with individuals differing in earning … abilities and initial wealth. We find that despite the possibility of its evasion a tax on initial wealth should supplement the … general, however for the special case of a uniform evasion technology it turns out that equal rates are optimal if preferences …
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The paper discusses the applicability of optimal taxation theory to source-based capital incomes when significant tax … evasion is observed. Without tax evasion a modified Ramsey Rule may reduce distortions brought by international capital … terms of capital mobility. The introduction of tax evasion brings additional complexity. The viability of optimal tax rates …
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In this paper the theory of rank-dependent expected utility (RDEU) is substituted for the theory of expected utility … to include deadweight loss and tax evasion loss. …
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, the tax base. A higher taxable income, in turn, can make tax evasion more attractive. We show for various specifications … tax evasion. This is true, irrespective of whether tax parameters are exogenous, guarantee a balanced budget or are set …
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taxation. Also, we show that: (i) schemes based on land taxes alone might not be implementable; and (ii) tax evasion is more …
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Recent literature on tax evasion emphasizes the importance of moral considerations to explain compliance behavior. As a …
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