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Declining tax progression and the German dual income tax : conference paper

Jenderny, Katharina - 2013 - Preliminary version

This paper analyzes the effect of the introduction of a final withholding tax on capital income on the progression of the German income tax. As previous literature shows, even with synthetic income taxation, tax progression was strongest in the middle of the income distribution, and decreased...

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Top incomes, rising inequality, and welfare

Lansing, Kevin J.; Markiewicz, Agnieszka - 2015

We introduce permanently-shifting income shares into a standard growth model with two types of agents. Capital owners represent the top quintile of U.S. households while workers represent the remainder. Our tractable model allows us to exactly replicate the observed U.S. time paths of the top...

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Optimal taxation of robots

Thuemmel, Uwe - 2018

generates small welfare gains. As the price of robots falls, inequality rises but the robot tax and its welfare impact become …

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Inequality and the environment : the economics of a two-headed hydra

Drupp, Moritz A.; Kornek, Ulrike; Meya, Jasper; Sager, Lutz - 2021

Preserving environmental quality and addressing economic inequality both feature prominently in public discourse … consider interactions with the other. We synthesize theoretical mechanisms that underpin inequality-environment interlinkages … distribution of environmental amenities and dis-amenities is associated with income and wealth, second, how economic inequality …

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How the rich are different : hierarchical power as the basis of income size and class

Fix, Blair - 2019 - v.2 October 2019

This paper investigates a new approach to understanding personal and functional income distribution. I propose that hierarchical power - the command of subordinates in a hierarchy - is what distinguishes the rich from the poor and capitalists from workers. Specifically, I hypothesize that...

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The growth of US top income inequality : a hierarchical redistribution hypothesis

Fix, Blair - 2018

What accounts for the growth of US top income inequality? This paper proposes a hierarchical redistribution hypothesis …

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Capitalist income and hierarchical power : a gradient hypothesis

Fix, Blair - 2018

This paper offers a new approach to the study of capitalist income. Building on the "capital as power" framework, I propose that capitalists earn their income not from any productive asset, but from the legal right to command a corporate hierarchy. In short, I hypothesize that capitalist income...

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How the rich are different : hierarchical power as the basis of income and class

Fix, Blair - 2019

What makes the rich different? Are they more productive, as mainstream economists claim? I offer another explanation. What makes the rich different, I propose, is hierarchical power. The rich command hierarchies. The poor do not. It is this greater control over subordinates, I hypothesize, that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994821

Redistributive effect and the progressivity of taxesand benefits : evidence for the UK, 1977-2018

Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2021

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Redistributive effect and the progressivity of taxes and benefits: evidence for the UK, 1977-2018

Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2021

We apply the Kakwani approach to decomposing redistributive effect into average rate, progressivity, and reranking components using yearly UK data covering 1977-2018. We examine cash and in-kind benefits, and direct and indirect taxes. In addition, we highlight an empirical implementation issue...

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