Tax Deduction Matters: Elasticities of the Laffer Curve, Taxable Income, and Tax Revenue
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Laffer curve; Elasticity of taxable income; Tax revenue elasticity;All these keywords.
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- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- E60 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - General
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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