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The evolution of top incomes in an egalitarian society : Sweden, 1903 - 2004
Roine, Jesper (contributor);  … - 2006
before the expansion of the welfare state, in fact, by 1950 Swedish top income shares were already lower than in other … ; Income distribution ; Wealth distribution ; Top incomes ; Welfare State ; Sweden ; Taxation ; Capital gains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003307327
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Multiple politico-economic regimes, inequality and growth
Desdoigts, Alain; Moizeau, Fabien - 2001
In this paper, we abandon the stylized median voter and study (i) how distributional tensions can act in many different ways depending on social affinity and on the prospect of upward or downwardmobility of the different income classes, (ii) income distribution dynamics, intergenerational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009615432
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The Evolution of Top Incomes in an Egalitarian Society; Sweden, 1903-2004
Roine, Jesper - 2008
the expansion of the welfare state and by 1950 Swedish top income shares were already lower than in other countries. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012768465
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Multiple Politico-Economic Regimes, Inequality and Growth
Desdoigts, Alain; Moizeau, Fabien - 2001
In this paper, we abandon the stylized median voter and study (i) how distributional tensions can act in many different ways depending on social affinity and on the prospect of upward or downward mobility of the different income classes, (ii) income distribution dynamics, intergenerational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014127229
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Redistributive taxation in dynamic general equilibrium with heterogeneous agents
Putz, Christian - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012216933
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The shadow economy in Colombia : size and effects on economic growth
Schneider, Friedrich; Hametner, Bettina - 2007 - Final Version: January 12, 2007
Using the currency demand approach size and development of the Colombian shadow economy are estimated over the period from 1976 to 2002. In the 70s the size fluctuated around 20% of official GDP and rose to 50% in the 90s. The most important factors driving the shadow economy are unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009742151
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The shadow economy in Colombia : size and effects on economic growth
Schneider, Friedrich; Hametner, Bettina - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003425183
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A comparison of the poverty impact of transfers, taxes and market income across five OECD countries
Bibi, Sami (contributor); Duclos, Jean-Yves (contributor) - 2008
This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries. Since the estimation of that impact can depend on the order in which the various income sources are introduced into the analysis, it is done by using the Shapley value. Estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777874
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Are taxes beautiful? : a survey experiment on information, tax choice and perceived adequacy of the tax burden
Abbiati, Lorenzo; Antinyan, Armenak; Corazzini, Luca - 2014
expenditure to the taxpayers and whether involving them in the process of allocating tax revenues over public goods influence the … level of the adequate tax rate - the fraction of income that individuals consider adequate to pay as taxes. We find that … providing information on public expenditure does not influence the level of the adequate tax rate. On the contrary, the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260058
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Are Taxes Beautiful? A Survey Experiment on Information, Tax Choice and Perceived Adequacy of the Tax Burden
Abbiati, Lorenzo - 2018
expenditure to the taxpayers and whether involving them in the process of allocating tax revenues over public goods influence the … level of the adequate tax rate - the fraction of income that individuals consider adequate to pay as taxes. We find that … providing information on public expenditure does not influence the level of the adequate tax rate. On the contrary, the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938040