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Verteilungsarithmetik der rot-grünen Einkommensteuerreform

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  • Giacomo Corneo

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I compare the distribution of net incomes in Germany before and after the reform of the personal income tax introduced by the governmental coalition of Social Democrats and Greens. In contrast with widely-held opinion, it is found that the reform is not neutral from a distributive point of view. Rather, it is strongly regressive. Measures aimed at broadening the tax base cannot compensate for the regressive effect triggered by reductions in the statutory tax rates. Distributive neutrality could only be achieved if tax avoidance were large, and by making effective tax rates fall with income.

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  • Giacomo Corneo, 2005. "Verteilungsarithmetik der rot-grünen Einkommensteuerreform," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 125(2), pages 299-314.
    • Handle: RePEc:aeq:aeqsjb:v125_y2005_i2_q2_p299-314
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    1. Richard Ochmann, 2010. "Distributional and Welfare Effects of Germany's Year 2000 Tax Reform," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1083, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    2. Ralf Maiterth & Heiko Müller, 2009. "Beurteilung der Verteilungswirkungen der „rot-grünen“ Einkommensteuerpolitik," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 129(3), pages 375-390.
    3. Bartels, Charlotte & Pestel, Nico, 2016. "Short- and long-term participation tax rates and their impact on labor supply," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 23(6), pages 1126-1159.
    4. Timm Bönke & Giacomo Corneo, 2006. "Was hätte man sonst machen können? Alternativszenarien zur rot-grünen Einkommensteuerreform," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 126(4), pages 489-519.

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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies

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