comparing tax progression and present here twelve (Germany, the UK and the US) plus four comparing Germany and Sweden out of the … the US, the UK, and Germany for several time periods. We align our findings with respect to major political eras in these … the United Kingdom, and for Germany, the last year before German re-unification (1989), the beginning of H. Kohl’s last …

When comparing tax benefit systems across Europe, Germany is usually regarded as a country with a high level of taxes … the ongoing policy debate in Germany. In this paper, we compare the progressivity and redistribution induced by the tax …