In this paper we focused on the flat tax impact on inequality in Romania. We compared 2005 against 2004, when we were … gains are. The inequality indicators we calculated (the Gini index, the relative mean deviation, the coeficient of variation …, the standard deviation of logarithms, the Mehran index and the Piesch index) show an increase in inequality determined by …

In this paper we focused on the flat tax impact on inequality in Romania. We compared 2005 against 2004, when we were … gains. The inequality indicators we calculated (the Gini index, the relative mean deviation, the coeficient of variation …, the standard deviation of logarithms, the Mehran index and the Piesch index) show an increase in inequality determined by …

. However since income inequality is notoriously high in these countries, the question of introducing some progressivity in the … microsimulation and macro models, we find that a significant reduction in income inequality can be achieved by moving from a flat to a …

reforms on income and wealth inequality in post-socialist countries, employing a variant of the difference … wealth shares. Our findings show that flat tax reforms have significantly increased income inequality, with top income shares …, reflecting the role of reduced tax progressivity. In contrast, the impact on wealth inequality is more limited. While top wealth …

. However, they result in higher inequality and polarisation. Flat rates necessary to keep the inequality levels unchanged allow …

the biggest boats much more than all others. As a consequence, economic inequality has increased. (Had the Flat Tax been … in effect, reducing taxes on the rich and raising taxes on everyone else, economic inequality would probably have … increased even more than it actually has.) This history of growing inequality suggests that, even in the unlikely event that the …

. However, they result in higher inequality and polarisation. Flat rates necessary to keep the inequality levels unchanged allow …