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1“...This survey discusses how capital should be taxed in advanced economies. We review the theoretical optimal tax literature, survey empirical studies on the...”
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2by Bastani, Spencer“...In this paper, I explore the optimal taxation of singles and couples in an economy with bargaining couples. The government is concerned with the redistribution...”
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Published in International tax and public finance (01.08.2013)
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3by Bastani, Spencer Moberg, Ylva Selin, Håkan Published in The Scandinavian journal of economics (01.01.2021)“...We estimate how labor force participation among married women in Sweden responded to changing work incentives implied by a reform in the tax and transfer...”
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4by Bastani, Spencer Blomquist, Sören Micheletto, Luca Published in Social choice and welfare (01.10.2020)“...Abstract We provide a full characterization of a two-type optimal nonlinear income tax model where the single-crossing condition is violated due to an...”
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5“...We analyze the relationship between cognitive ability and bunching in the context of a large and salient kink point of the Swedish income tax schedule. Using...”
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6“...The Mirrlees Review recommends that commodity taxation should in general be uniform, but with some goods consumed in conjunction with labour supply (such as...”
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7“...We examine preferences for redistribution inherent in Swedish tax policy during 1971–2012 using the inverse optimal tax approach. The income distribution is...”
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8by Bastani, Spencer Blomquist, Sören Micheletto, Luca Published in International tax and public finance (15.08.2019)“...We investigate how the social welfare gain of subsidizing work-related goods depends on whether the underlying income tax system is linear, piecewise linear or...”
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9by Spencer Bastani Sören Blomquist Luca Micheletto Published in International economic review (Philadelphia) (01.11.2013)“...Using an overlapping generations model with skill uncertainty and private savings, we quantify the gains of age-dependent labor income taxation. The total...”
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10“...This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of capital taxation in advanced economies with a focus on the Swedish experience. We synthesize the...”
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11“...I rapporten från SNS Konjunkturråd 2018 analyserar och diskuterar tre nationalekonomer kapitalbeskattningens förutsättningar i Sverige. Författarna finner...”
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12by Spencer Bastani Published in Finanzarchiv (01.03.2015)“...I demonstrate how the discrete model of optimum income taxation can be used to derive the structure of optimal income tax rates. I compare simulations of the...”
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14by Bastani, Spencer Giebe, Thomas Miao, Chizheng Published in Journal of urban economics (01.03.2020)“...We analyze differences in tax filing between natives and immigrants, focusing on two empirical examples. First, we study deductions for costs associated with...”
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15“...Recent microeconometric studies of taxpayers' responsiveness to taxation have shown that intensive margin labor supply and earnings elasticities typically are...”
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16by Bastani, Spencer Blumkin, Tomer Micheletto, Luca Published in Journal of law, economics, & organization (01.03.2019)“...Abstract A major factor that contributes to persistent gender variation in labor market outcomes is women’s traditional role in the household. Child-related...”
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17by Bastani, Spencer Blumkin, Tomer Micheletto, Luca Published in Journal of public economics (01.11.2015)“...In this paper we highlight a novel role played by the non-linear income tax in the presence of adverse selection in the labor market due to asymmetric...”
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20by Bastani, Spencer“...This thesis consists of five self-contained essays. Essay 1. (with Sören Blomquist and Luca Micheletto) Using a calibrated overlapping-generations model we...”
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