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taxation system on the outcomes of privatisation. We consider under which condition privatisation will proceed, and who will be …
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The main research question of the project is summarized as: What are the macroeconomic and distributional consequences of fiscal devaluation for a selection of countries and the EU as a whole? The selected countries are France, Italy, Spain and Austria. The project aims to perform four tasks: 1....
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help to understand and fight tax evasion. In this paper we analyze the effect of progressive taxation on tax morale in a …
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When incomes are exogenously given, a progressive tax structure reduces inequality in the sense that the Lorenz curve of after tax incomes is nowhere below that of before tax incomes whatever the circumstances as it was shown by U. Jakobsson (Journal of Public Economics 5 (1976), 161-168) The...
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rise in inequality will lead to more redistribution. This paper shows that, for the UK in the period 1983-2004, a plausibly … exogenous rise in income inequality has not been associated with increased redistribution. We then explore this further using … attitudinal data. We show that the demand for redistribution, having shown considerable variation over time, is at an all-time low …
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rise in inequality will lead to more redistribution. This paper shows that, for the UK in the period 1983-2004, a plausibly … exogenous rise in income inequality has not been associated with increased redistribution. We then explore this further using … attitudinal data. We show that the demand for redistribution, having shown considerable variation over time, is at an all-time low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744970
We explore the nature of tax complexity in competitive political systems. The analysis does not rely upon imperfections in the operation of the public sector. Complexity arises in the course of the struggle for office, during which political parties are induced to propose platforms that...
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We test the predictions of the theoretical literature initiated by the study of Domar and Musgrave (1944) with a laboratory experiment in which subjects have to decide on the composition of an asset portfolio. Our simple design enables us to distinguish between Real Tax Effects and Perception...
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We investigate how personal income taxes affect the portfolio share of personal wealth that entrepreneurs invest in their own business. In a reformulation of the standard portfolio choice model that allows for underreporting of private business income to tax authorities, we show that a fall in...
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analysis of influence of corporate income tax, but only few with focus on individual taxation and social security contributions …
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