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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009 - Rev. version
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894063
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between the United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909517
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The Distributional Impacts of a VMT-Gas Tax Swap
Metcalf, Gilbert E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
More stringent fuel economy standards and increased market penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) present challenges to federal policy makers who historically have relied on motor vehicle fuel excise taxes to fund highway projects. This paper considers the distributional implications of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334348
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Imputed rent and income inequality : a decomposition analysis for Great Britain, West Germany and the USA
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2003
imputed rent. Results from inequality decomposition analyses show this overall impact to be the net effect of two conflicting …. When focussing on imputed rent as a means of oldage provision, our results for all three countries show an income advantage …. -- Personal Income Distribution ; Owner-occupied Housing ; Imputed Rent ; Old-age Provision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009660374
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The personal distribution of income and imputed rent : a cross-national comparison for the UK, West Germany, and the USA
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2002
This article deals with income advantages derived from owner occupied housing (Imputed Rent, IR) and their impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435844
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Personelle Einkommensverteilung und der Einfluß von Imputed Rent
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2000
selbstgenutztem Wohneigentum ("Imputed Rent") und deren Einfluß auf die personelle Einkommensverteilung. Nach einer theoretischen … Empfehlungen zum Umgang mit "Imputed Rent" bei Analysen zur personellen Einkommensverteilung und Einkommensmobilität. … rent into account in analysis of the distribution of individual income and income mobility are given, based on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433765
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? The Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315581
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between the United States and Europe? The Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285835
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Perceived social position and income inequality : do they move together? : evidence from Europe and the United States
Ricci, Chiara Assunta - 2016
The match between perception and reality can depend on many different elements across societies over time, but subjective and objective dimensions are both relevant particularly in social class analysis. The aim of this paper is to investigate perceived social position and income inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484327
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Why Does the Amount of Income Redistribution Differ between The United States and Europe? The Janus Face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule - 2014
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071181