Tax Progression in OECD Countries

An Integrative Analysis of Tax Schedules and Income Distributions
2013
ISBN: 978-3-642-28316-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 670 g

This is the first book that performs international and intertemporal comparisons of uniform tax progression with empirical data. While conventional measures of tax progression suffer from serious disadvantages for empirical analyses, this book extends uniform measures to progression comparisons of countries with different income distributions. Tax progression is analyzed in terms of Lorenz curve and Suits curve equivalents of net incomes and taxes. The authors derive six distinct definitions of the relation "is more progressive than", which are then utilized for an empirical analysis of 13 countries included in the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). In two thirds of all international comparisons of tax progression, the authors report a clear ranking of the respective countries in terms of progression dominance. Tax based definitions of greater progressivity perform best. These observations are yet reinforced by statistical tests. The book also provides an account of the institutional background of the involved countries in order to facilitate the interpretation of the data. Moreover, the authors conduct intertemporal comparisons of tax progression for selected countries and perform a sensitivity analysis with respect to the parameterization of the equivalence scale.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seidl, Christian

Traub, Stefan

Pogorelskiy, Kirill

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Recht mehrerer Jurisdiktionen, Synopsen
• Rechtswissenschaften Steuerrecht Internationales und Europäisches Steuer-, Bilanz- und Rechnungslegungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Measuring Tax Progression.- Theories: Local Measures.- Global Measures.- Uniform Measures.- Applications: Data and Fiscal Institutions of the Surveyed Countries.- Numerical Results.- Statistical Tests.- Progression Intensity.