Essays about: "optimal taxation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words optimal taxation.

  1. 1. Optimal taxation by two-agent reinforcement learning

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

    Author : Erik Lindau; [2023]
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    Abstract : An economy’s tax policy is one of the vital moments for, on the one hand, stimulating economic growth and labor, and, on the other hand gaining revenues from economic performance. A sufficient level of tax revenues is further important to keep up with governmental obligations and social welfare. READ MORE

  3. 2. Implied Redistributive Preferences in Canada

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Quan Cheng Xie; [2023]
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    Abstract : 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

  4. 3. 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 nationalekonomi

    Author : Olof De Blanche; Alexandra Jonason; [2022]
    Keywords : Labor supply; Marginal Tax Rate; Progressive Taxation; Top Incomes;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. Optimal Income Taxation with Heterogeneous Excess Returns and Portfolio Choice

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gustav Häggbom; [2022]
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  6. 5. 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, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Linus Brattlöf; Ida Mbenga; [2021]
    Keywords : Corporate taxation; R D activity; R D expenditure; Innovation; Tax policy; Nascent established firms.;

    Abstract : 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