conditions, transferred ownership at higher rates than others. Inter vivos transfer rates also rose following a 2009 tax … reduction on transfers of business assets. The second study delves into how the 2009 transfer tax re-form influenced individual …

distribution of wealth. Imposing such levies is not easy, however, since it involves valuation of assets and preventing tax … 000 euros for married couples) give a tax base of 92 percent of the GDP. A forced loan or a levy of, for example, ten … percent of this tax base could thus mobilize just over nine percent of the GDP-around 230 billion euros. This would affect the …

distribution of wealth. Imposing such levies is not easy, however, since it involves valuation of assets and preventing tax … 000 euros for married couples) give a tax base of 92 percent of the GDP. A forced loan or a levy of, for example, ten … percent of this tax base could thus mobilize just over nine percent of the GDP-around 230 billion euros. This would affect the …

equivalence fails, but tax cuts, somewhat paradoxically, are contractionary; the present-value multiplier on consumption is …, however, zero. With sticky prices, Ricardian equivalence always fails. A Robin-Hood, revenue-neutral redistribution to …

significant potential for cutting tax expenditures. Furthermore, eliminating distortions in the tax base would encourage economic …