This paper studies how income and bequest taxes affect income inequality. We firstly explore this relationship empirically using a panel of 20 OECD countries from 1980 to 2008. The data shows that an increase of income taxation tends to strengthen income inequality, while the inequality effect...

Climate policymaking faces twin challenges of carbon leakage and public sector revenue requirements. A large literature advocates the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) pricing and recycling the revenues to lower distorting taxes as a way to minimize costs. In this paper, we explore the implications of...

I study a model of a representative individual who has a motive for leaving bequests and is at risk of needing long-term care in old age. I assume - as is typical for OECD countries - that the individual is not fully insured against this risk. Moreover, at realization the individual is unable to...

This paper examines whether myopia (misperception of the long-term care (LTC) risk) and private insurance market loading costs can justify social LTC insurance and/or the subsidization of private insurance. We use a two-period model wherein individuals differ in three unobservable...

Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some convergence across countries, whereas substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations. The goal of this paper is to survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on...

Two main tasks have been pursued in this article. First, we estimate demand system for six composite goods by employing Almost Ideal Demand System for Pakistan. Second we analyze the welfare implications of tax reforms that replace the existing tax structure by uniform taxes on all goods. The...

In the period under review, the Government of the Russian Federation has confirmed its position which consists in the fact that in the next few years it will not change the existing rules of taxation. At the same ?? me, the business has become more active in promo?? on of proposals to reduce a...

In the period of 2013 under review, President Putin presented a Budget Message in which he outlined the guidelines for the state monetary policy in years to come, and the Taxation Policy Guidelines for 2014–2016 adopted by the Russian Government were published. Both documents showed higher...

This paper studies how congestion in the public health sector can be used as a redistributive tool. In our model, agents differ in income and they can obtain a health service either from a congested public hospital or from a non congested private one at a higher price. With pure in-kind...

Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia differ not only in level of average gross wage but also in the overall taxation of wages. While Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia tax the average gross wage less than Italy and Austria, a comparison of gross wages that are in absolute values close to the...