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We derive a general optimal income tax formula when individuals respond along both the intensive and extensive margins and when income effects can prevail. Individuals are heterogeneous across two dimensions: their skill and their disutility of participation. Preferences over consumption and...
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This paper proposes measures to quantify the effective level and the effective progressivity of taxation in a fiscally decentralized country taking income sorting into account. Using data on the universe of Swiss taxpayers, we find that rich households effectively face significantly lower...
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is used to rigorously examine efficiency gains over the transition path. A progressive income tax is replaced with a flat … reform improves (interim) efficiency, a result consistent with the previous literature. But if, more realistically, shocks … are uninsurable, this reform reduces efficiency, even though national wealth and output increase over the entire …
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This paper characterizes optimal income taxation when individuals respond along both the intensive and extensive margins. Individuals are heterogeneous across two dimensions: specifically, their skill and disutility of participation. Preferences over consumption and work effort can differ with...
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relative income. It shows that tax progressivity might improve efficiency, and the more so in egalitarian economies …
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relative income. It shows that tax progressivity might improve efficiency, and the more so in egalitarian economies …
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is used to rigorously examine efficiency gains over the transition path. A progressive income tax is replaced with a flat … reform improves (interim) efficiency, a result consistent with the previous literature. But if, more realistically, shocks … are uninsurable, this reform reduces efficiency, even though national wealth and output increase over the entire …
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