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Evaluating the move to a linear tax system in Germany and other European countries: the choice of the representation of household decision processes does matter

Refereed Journal // 2006

Evaluating the move to a linear tax system in Germany and other European countries: the choice of the representation of household decision processes does matter

further co-authors: Michal Myck, Javier Ruiz-Castillo and Frederic Vermeulen. We compare the collective and unitary models with regard to the analysis of tax reforms. A unitary model is estimated on micro data simulated by means of a collective model calibrated on GSOEP data. We investigate the effects of an introduction of linear taxation in Germany, with both the unitary and the collective model. We obtain important discrepancies in predicted labor supply adjustments, the design of tax revenue neutral reforms, and welfare implications of the reform.

Beninger, Denis, Olivier Bargain, Miriam Beblo, Richard Blundell, Raquel Carrasco, Maria-Concetta Chiuri, François Laisney, Valérie Lechene, Ernesto Longobardi and Nicolas Moreau (2006), Evaluating the move to a linear tax system in Germany and other European countries: the choice of the representation of household decision processes does matter, Review of Economics of the Household 4 , 159-180

Authors Denis Beninger // Olivier Bargain // Miriam Beblo // Richard Blundell // Raquel Carrasco // Maria-Concetta Chiuri // François Laisney // Valérie Lechene // Ernesto Longobardi // Nicolas Moreau