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Determinants of inequality in transition countries : market changes and limited redistribution contributed to high income and wealth inequality growth in Eastern Europe

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High levels of economic inequality may lead to lower economic growth and can have negative social and political impacts … significantly more than previously suggested. Currently, the average Gini index (a common measure) of inequality in Eastern Europe … is about 3 percentage points higher than in the rest of Europe. This rise in inequality was initially driven by …

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What happened to the bondholding class? : public debt, power and the top one per cent

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The inheritance and gift tax in Germany reform potentials for tax revenue, efficiency and distribution

Beznoska, Martin; Hentze, Tobias; Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2020

The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public budgets if needed … tool for fighting wealth inequality without having distorting effects for the economy. For this purpose, the distributional …

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