This paper studies household spending responses to anticipated changes in the consumption tax. To do so, I construct a life-cycle heterogeneous-agent general equilibrium model with durables. The model features a wedge in durable transactions that reflects the actual consumption tax system:...

Goods and service tax (GST) introduced as a ‘good and simple tax’ on 1 July 2017 by the Modi government is the boldest measure of tax reform so far in India. The major aim of this paper is to evaluate the micro and macro impacts of the goods and services taxes (GST) using a dynamic...

This paper describes a new household-level data file based on merged information from the IRS Individual Tax File, the Current Population Survey, the National Medical Expenditure Survey, and the Consumer Expenditure Survey. This new file includes descriptive data on household income as well as...

Die Arbeit versucht, mit Hilfe der Erkenntnisse der Theorie der optimalen Besteuerung Möglichkeiten aufzuzeigen, wie die bundesdeutsche Mehrwert- und Einkommenssteuer unter Beachtung verteilungspolitischer Ziele so umstrukturiert werden können, daß sie allokationspolitische Vorteile...

Die Arbeit untersucht die Auswirkungen einer Einführung und Anwendung von Konsumsteuern in offenen Volkswirtschaften. Berücksichtigt werden neben der indirekten Umsatzsteuer verschiedene direkte Konsumsteuern. Anhand eines Zwei-Länder-Falles wird analysiert, welche einzelwirtschaftlichen...

This paper evaluates elements of a comprehensive reform of the Italian tax system. Reform options are guided by the principles of reducing complexity, broadening the tax base, and lowering marginal tax rates, especially the tax burden on labor income. The revenue and distributional implications...

This paper describes a new household-level data file based on merged information from the IRS Individual Tax File, the Current Population Survey, the National Medical Expenditure Survey, and the Consumer Expenditure Survey. This new file includes descriptive data on household income as well as...

Fundamental tax reform, replacing the income tax with a sales tax, is commonly thought to reduce levels of criminal and other 'underground' economic activity by implicitly taxing their returns. This paper finds instead that the impact of tax reform depends on the relative labour intensity of...