This paper estimates the elasticity of taxable income (ETI) for Spain. Using the bunchingapproach and administrative tax data from 2008 to 2017, we find evidence of bunching atthe first tax kink (ETI=0.7) and missing mass around the second tax kink (ETI=0.4). Eventhough we detect heterogeneity...

This paper characterises the Laffer curve of each individual taxpayer in a schedular multirate income tax with income shifting. Analytical expressions for the revenue-maximising tax rate and the revenue-maximising elasticity are provided for the individual taxpayer and the aggregate population,...

Research on cultural economics is very interested in the economic valuation of non-market goods, particularly in the field ofcultural heritage where contingent valuation techniques are currently being used with both parametric and non-parametric statistical methods to estimate the willingness to...

During the last decade, research on income inequality has paid special attention to top income earners. At the same time, top marginal tax rates on upper income earners have declined sharply in many OECD countries. Discussions are still open on the relationship between the increase of the income...