Breaking down inequality: Can taxes be the great equalizer?
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Keywords
Taxation; Income redistribution; Reynolds-Smolensky Index; Panel Data.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2024-07-22 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2024-07-22 (Public Finance)
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