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This paper provides a long term analysis of the determinants of the shadow economy. Using data for the United States over the years 1870–2014 we examine economic and political factors driving the underground sector. Results show that among the economic factors, greater economic prosperity...
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Rising self-employment rates in U.S. tax data that are absent in survey data have led to speculation that tax records capture a rise in new "gig" work that surveys miss. Drawing on the universe of IRS tax returns, we show that trends in firm-reported payments to "gig" and other contract workers...
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higher than corresponding micro elasticities. -- labour supply ; earnings ; taxation ; cross-country comparisons …
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We analyze the role of optimal income taxation across different local labor markets. Should labor in large cities be …
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Although theoretical research on optimal capital taxation suggest to incorporate public opinions, the empirical … literature on preferences regarding capital taxation almost exclusively focusses on the emotionally loaded estate tax. This paper … presents a more comprehensive investigation of preferences towards different, tangible instruments of capital taxation beyond …
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redistributive gains from progressive taxation. …
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This paper examines the equity effects of one of the largest per-recipient income transfer programs in the Unites States: the U.S. agricultural subsidy program. The paper demonstrates the complexity of the program's effect on equity and the unintended rent-seeking behavior induced by policies...
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general outline of the two-pillar taxation system, which includes Amount A as a part of Pillar One, was agreed upon in October …
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wealth taxation in OECD countries, we discuss both popular arguments for such a tax, as well as economic arguments. It is … argued that classical normative principles of taxation known from public economics cannot give a sound justification for a …
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Half of the jobs in the U.S. feature pay-for-performance. We study nonlinear income taxation in a model where such … optimal. Thus, the common concern that standard models of taxation underestimate the cost of redistribution is, in the context …
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