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The longitudinal component of the Young Physicians Surveys (1987, 1991) is used to examine the impact of changes in …
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Previous studies have shown that the optimal marginal tax rate at the bottom of the income distribution may be positive, negative, or even zero. This paper reexamines this problem in a unified framework and tries to evaluate the arguments. It turns out that the case for positive marginal tax...
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Income cap or threshold systems rely on incentives that encourage physicians to limit medical expenditures, but little … is known about how physicians respond to these incentives. Conceptually, the threshold system is to physicians what an … in the 'taxable' billings of physicians in Ontario, Canada. We find that for services that the reform turned from …
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The paper presents an axiomatic restatement of the standard approach to nonlinear income taxation. It assumes a finite number of taxpayers rather than an uncountable infinity. Analytical tools are developed which facilitate proving the existence of tax schedules that are continuous,...
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In this study we assess the impact of the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) on labour supply, GDP and income distribution in Canada, using a general equilibrium microsimulation model. We also estimate labour supply and demand elasticities using survey data to ensure that households’ behaviour...
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