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Assessing tax reforms through the elasticity of reported income: an empirical analysis for Spain

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  • María Arrazola
  • José de Hevia
  • José Félix Sanz-Sanz

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This paper demonstrates the usefulness of the elasticity of reported income to assess tax reforms from the perspectives of tax revenue and well-being. Employing different identification strategies, evidence is provided of the value of the elasticity of gross reported income in Spain and, based on this elasticity, a detailed assessment is made of the impact of the increase in marginal tax rates which the Spanish government approved in 2012. We use microdata from the Taxpayers Panel of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The mean value of this elasticity for Spain is 0,363 with considerable heterogeneity depending on taxpayers’ characteristics.

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  • María Arrazola & José de Hevia & José Félix Sanz-Sanz, 2019. "Assessing tax reforms through the elasticity of reported income: an empirical analysis for Spain," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(56), pages 6040-6053, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:51:y:2019:i:56:p:6040-6053
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2019.1654081
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