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Optimal progressivity of personal income tax : a general equilibrium evaluation for Spain
Serrano-Puente, Darío - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 11 (2020) 4, pp. 407-455
Is the Spanish economy positioned at its optimal progressivity level in personal income tax? This article quantifies the aggregate, distributional, and welfare consequences of moving toward such an optimal level. A heterogeneous households general equilibrium model featuring both life cycle and...
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Chapter 11 The distribution of wealth
Davies, James B.; Shorrocks, Anthony F. - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 1, (pp. 605-675). 2000
This chapter is concerned with the distribution of personal wealth, which usually refers to the material assets that can be sold in the marketpace, although on occasion pension rights are also included. We summarise the available evidence on wealth distribution for a number of countries. This...
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Tax bracket creep and its effects on income distribution
Heer, Burkhard; Süssmuth, Bernd - In: Journal of Macroeconomics 38 (2013) PB, pp. 393-408
We quantitatively analyze the way inflation alters the inequality of the income distribution in the U.S. economy. The … main mechanism emphasized in this paper is the “bracket creep” effect according to which inflation pushes income into …, we study time series from the U.S. economy. As our central result we find that irrespective of the level of inflation …
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Wealth distribution and optimal inheritance taxation in life-cycle economies with intergenerational transfers
Heer, Burkhard - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 103 (2001) 3, pp. 445-465
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Effects of inflation on wealth distribution : do stock market participation fees and capital income taxation matter?
Heer, Burkhard; Süssmuth, Bernd - In: Journal of economic dynamics & control 31 (2007) 1, pp. 277-303
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Commitment and the adoption of a common currency
Cooper, Russell W.; Kempf, Hubert - In: International economic review 44 (2003) 1, pp. 119-142
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On the consequences of demographic change for rates of returns to capital, and the distribution of wealth and welfare
Krueger, Dirk; Ludwig, Alexander - In: Journal of monetary economics 54 (2007) 1, pp. 49-87
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On the consequences of demographic change for rates of returns to capital, and the distribution of wealth and welfare : a comment
İmrohoroğlu, Ayşe - In: Journal of monetary economics 54 (2007) 1, pp. 88-91
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Adult learning, economic growth and the distribution of income
Stauvermann, Peter; Kumar, Ronald Ravinesh - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-12
Technological change causes three consequences: it guarantees economic growth, it requires employees to acquire more skills and human capital, and it increases inequality if employees are not capable adapting to new technologies. The second consequence makes it almost necessary for employees to...
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The fiscal multiplier with heterogeneous agents : the role of wealth, wealth distribution, and interest rates under Ricardian equivalence
Sedgley, Norman H.; Scott, Charles E.; Derrick, Frederick W. - In: Review of Keynesian economics 3 (2015) 3, pp. 419-432
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