Income tax rate increases and heterogeneous taxpayers’ reactions: a spatial regression discontinuity design
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Keywords
Income tax; taxpayers’ responses; spatial regression discontinuity design;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2020-10-26 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-ORE-2020-10-26 (Operations Research)
- NEP-PUB-2020-10-26 (Public Finance)
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