We exploit the exogenous change in marginal tax rates created by the Russian flat tax reformof 2001 to identify the effect of taxes on labor supply of males and females. We apply theweighted difference-in-difference regression approach and instrumental variables to the laborsupply function...

This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems onthe size of the shadow economy. By offering a new estimation framework, the paper revivesthe traditional electricity consumption approach to measuring the shadow economy. Itovercomes the limitations of...

Trade unions have been successful in compressing the wage distributionbut not in influencing the share of national income going to labour. This paperclaims that a compressed wage distribution provides insurance in the same way thatthe tax and benefit system does and thus may be...

Zuweilen wird die Meinung vertreten, dass es Investoren um jeden Preis vermeidensollten, Steuern zu zahlen. Im Rahmen eines einfachen Portfoliomodells mit Steuernwird untersucht, ob Steuervermeidung tatsächlich auf μ-σ2-effiziente Lösungenführt.[...]

Notwendige Investitionen zur Erhaltung und Wiederherstellung historischer Bausubstanz profitierennur in beschränkten Umfange von der direkten Bezuschussung aus öffentlichen Kassen. InNiedersachsen wurden bspw. in den Jahren 1992 bis 1998 durchschnittlich lediglich knapp11 Mio. DM p.a. für...

There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want tocompensate others for their misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort.Such fairness considerations have been introduced in political economy and optimal incometax models with a...

To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, wesuggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposingchanges in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax-benefitstructure (rules, rates, etc.),...

The Polish tax and benefit system is presented in the context of a recently developedmicrosimulation model, SIMPL. The model allows simulating direct taxes, social contributionsand public benefits in Poland for the years 2003 and 2005...>br>

Mit den gewonnenen Erkenntnissen im Hinblick auf die bislang als Periodentafel angelegte Heubeck- Richttafel können nun die Annahmen der Prognoserechnung, die in der Literatur zur Analyse im Rahmen der betrieblichen Altersversorgung verwendet werden, korrigiert werden. Erstens muss...