Essays about: "Optimal taxation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Optimal taxation.
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1. Implied Redistributive Preferences in Canada
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates the implied social preferences for income inequality in the Canadian federal tax system from 2012 to 2019. I characterize social preferences with inverted social welfare weights derived from an optimal tax model featuring comprehensive capital and labour income taxation. READ MORE
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2. How Does a Reduction in the Marginal Tax Rate Affect Labor Supply in the Short-Term for Top-Income Earners?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper studies the labor market in Sweden after a cut in the top-income marginal tax rate, by conducting a difference-in-difference analysis on data over wages in Sweden two years after the policy change. We find large, positive and significant results on an aggregate level, but insignificant ambiguous results on an income per person level. READ MORE
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3. Optimal Income Taxation with Heterogeneous Excess Returns and Portfolio Choice
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : .... READ MORE
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4. The Relationship Between Corporate Taxation And R&D Investments : A quantitative study of R&D expenditure in U.S. firms when subjected to reductions in corporate taxation
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Corporate taxation is a very politicized topic, and policymakers have different perspectives on what level of corporate tax rate yields the optimal outcome for research and innovation activity. The argument is divided where one side believes that corporate taxation and R&D activity has a negative relationship, which implies that a decrease in corporate taxation yields a better outcome for firms’ R&D activity. READ MORE
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5. Carbon tax for emission targets - An alternative application of the DSGE model for optimal fossil fuel taxation by Golosov, Hassler, Krusell and Tsyvinski 2014
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Economists widely agree that a Pigouvian fee on emissions is the first best option to correct for the un-priced externality of climate change. However, scientific estimates of future global costs of climate change are varying. READ MORE