Zusammenfassung:
This paper studies capital income taxation and household saving from three different points of view. Firstly, we work through the effects of capital income taxation in a life cycle model. There are income and substitution effects to consider, and the relative magnitude of these will determine the final outcome. Secondly, we study some long-run issues related to capital income taxation. It has quite a. few long-run effects that need to be considered if we are to use it as a policy instrument. Finally, we have a look at how the actual tax system treats the return to savings. In practice, capital income tends to be lightly taxed because of various provisions.