Denmark is a welfare state whose income tax burden is larger than the total tax burden of the United States or Japan. Given recent political science accounts of the links between tax mixes and the welfare state, Denmark seems to be a puzzling anomaly. These accounts see income taxation as inherently problematic and claim that "regressive taxes" (social security contributions and indirect consumption) have been conducive to building and maintaining large tax/welfare states. This article provides a simple explanation of the "Danish puzzle" and challenges the argument about tax mixes. What is problematic about income taxation is capital income taxation, but low income taxes are only one of two ways to keep the capital income tax burden moderat...
The paper seeks to find the impact of tax policy on income and wealth redistribution, as well as its...
'Competitive pressure on some capital income tax rates reinforces a generic 'quadrilemma' or a four-...
This article compares national income tax reforms during the last 25 years. There were two competing...
Denmark is a welfare state whose income tax burden is larger than the total tax burden of the United...
"Die Einkommensteuerlast des Wohlfahrtsstaates Dänemark ist größer als die Gesamtsteuerlast der USA ...
Denmark is a welfare state whose income tax burden is larger than the total tax burden of the United...
Denmark’s income tax burden as the percentage of GDP is larger than the total tax burden of the Unit...
Denmark’s income tax burden as the percentage of GDP is larger than the total tax burden of the Unit...
This paper questions the argument that strong and early reliance on ‘regressive’ taxes(consumption a...
This paper questions the argument that strong and early reliance on ‘regressive’ taxes(consumption a...
American visitors to Scandinavian countries are often puzzled by what they observe: despite large in...
Marginal income tax rates in advanced industrial countries have fallen dramatically since the mid-19...
This paper presents evidence on taxable income responses using administrative data that link tax ret...
A merican visitors to Scandinavian countries are often puzzled by what they observe: despite large i...
Despite challenges and doomsday predictions, the Nordic welfare states with high taxes and public ex...
The paper seeks to find the impact of tax policy on income and wealth redistribution, as well as its...
'Competitive pressure on some capital income tax rates reinforces a generic 'quadrilemma' or a four-...
This article compares national income tax reforms during the last 25 years. There were two competing...
Denmark is a welfare state whose income tax burden is larger than the total tax burden of the United...
"Die Einkommensteuerlast des Wohlfahrtsstaates Dänemark ist größer als die Gesamtsteuerlast der USA ...
Denmark is a welfare state whose income tax burden is larger than the total tax burden of the United...
Denmark’s income tax burden as the percentage of GDP is larger than the total tax burden of the Unit...
Denmark’s income tax burden as the percentage of GDP is larger than the total tax burden of the Unit...
This paper questions the argument that strong and early reliance on ‘regressive’ taxes(consumption a...
This paper questions the argument that strong and early reliance on ‘regressive’ taxes(consumption a...
American visitors to Scandinavian countries are often puzzled by what they observe: despite large in...
Marginal income tax rates in advanced industrial countries have fallen dramatically since the mid-19...
This paper presents evidence on taxable income responses using administrative data that link tax ret...
A merican visitors to Scandinavian countries are often puzzled by what they observe: despite large i...
Despite challenges and doomsday predictions, the Nordic welfare states with high taxes and public ex...
The paper seeks to find the impact of tax policy on income and wealth redistribution, as well as its...
'Competitive pressure on some capital income tax rates reinforces a generic 'quadrilemma' or a four-...
This article compares national income tax reforms during the last 25 years. There were two competing...