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r>g: Why the ‘Piketty Debate’ Unsettles Germany’s Economic Experts

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  • Till van Treeck, 2015. "r>g: Why the ‘Piketty Debate’ Unsettles Germany’s Economic Experts," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 16(01), pages 26-34, May.
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    Keywords

    Kapital; Einkommen; Einkommensverteilung; Vermögensverteilung; Steuerpolitik; Einkommensteuer; Kapitalertragsteuer; Vermögensteuer; Einkommensumverteilung; Arbeitsmarkttheorie; Reichtum; Wachstumstheorie;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being

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