Risky Earnings, Taxation and Entrepreneurial Choice: A Microeconometric Model for Germany
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- Frank M. Fossen, 2007. "Risky Earnings, Taxation and Entrepreneurial Choice: A Microeconometric Model for Germany," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 29, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
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Keywords
Entrepreneurship; risk; returns to self-employment; taxation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2007-08-08 (Business Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2007-08-08 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-PUB-2007-08-08 (Public Finance)
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