Despite attempts to 'unwind' the Impocirc;t de Solidariteacute; sur la Fortune ('Solidarity Wealth Tax,' the French wealth tax) during the last legislature (2002-2007), ISF yields had soared by 2006, jumping from euro;2.5 billion in 2002 to euro;3.6 billion. Analysis of the economic consequences...

We study a French wealth tax reform that starkly reduced the information some taxpayers must report to the tax authority. Using a new dynamic bunching approach we estimate the average response to the reform, the share of compliers, and the local average treatment effect. The annual wealth growth...

This paper argues that differences in the dispersion of corporate ownership can help explain why party positions on corporate governance vary across countries and over time. Expectations that left/right conflicts should pitch capital against labor overlook that "capitalʺ is not a homogenous...