The Suitability of Tax Data to Study Trends in Inequality. A Theoretical and Empirical Review with Tax Data from Switzerland
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Keywords
Tax Data; Inequality Trend; Income Distribution; Switzerland;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2016-02-04 (European Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2016-02-04 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2016-02-04 (Public Finance)
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