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that such 'fairness spillovers' can incur large economic costs: A belief that there is unfairness in taxation in the sense …
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that such 'fairness spillovers' can incur large economic costs: A belief that there is unfairness in taxation in the sense …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727283
We study the link between tax progressivity and top income shares. Using variation from large-scale Western tax reforms in the 1980s and 1990s and the novel synthetic control method, we find large and lasting boosting impacts on top income shares from the progressivity reductions. Effects are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653394
When regions in close proximity have different tax rates, residents may engage in cross-border shopping and take advantage of tax differentials. The extent of this activity can be captured by the tax elasticity of border sales (TEBS). We collect 749 estimates of TEBS reported in 60 studies, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426374
We study the link between tax progressivity and top income shares. Using variation from large-scale Western tax reforms in the 1980s and 1990s and the novel synthetic control method, we find large and lasting boosting impacts on top income shares from the progressivity reductions. Effects are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636668
When regions in close proximity have different tax rates, residents may engage in cross-border shopping and take advantage of tax differentials. The extent of this activity can be captured by the tax elasticity of border sales (TEBS). We collect 749 estimates of TEBS reported in 60 studies, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013358951
Nous proposons une méthode pour évaluer la capacité des systèmes de taxation du revenu de diminuer la pauvreté, lorsque …
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This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the … relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities …—and the mapping between these functions and various forms of taxation. Different types of taxation as well as expenditures on …
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-specific beliefs about the causes of low and high incomes. Our theory predicts that target-specific beliefs about the poor matter most … for preferences about transfers to the poor, and target-specific beliefs about the rich matter most for preferences about … taxation of the rich. Survey evidence from the United States and Germany and experimental evidence on giving money to real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019139
We illustrate how the desire to live in a fair society that rewards individual effort and hard work triggers an unselfish though rational demand for redistribution. This leads the well off to prefer higher taxes and the poor to reject extreme progressivity. We then provide evidence of these...
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