Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/268574 
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Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ECONtribute Policy Brief No. 021
Publisher: 
University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI), Bonn and Cologne
Abstract: 
The classical trade-off between equity and efficiency is central to income tax policy. On the one hand, higher taxes imply more resources to redistribute; but on the other hand, they might negatively affect incentives to work and the reporting of income itself. The design of tax and transfer policies, therefore, requires estimating the magnitude of behavioural responses to tax rate changes. Roughly speaking, the larger the responses to taxation, the smaller optimal tax rates should be.
Document Type: 
Research Report

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