established by Piketty (2001, 2003). The disappearance of capital income from the income tax base in many countries poses a major … including capital gains to 2010, and the series excluding capital gains to 2008. Second, we derive three homogeneous series by … simulating legislative definitions of capital income prevailing in Germany between 2001 and 2010. For both simulation and the …

there may exist any country differences in attitude toward taxation and redistribution. We find that effort is significantly …