Measuring the Redistributive Capacity of Tax Policies /

This paper presents a novel technique to measure and compare the redistributive capacity of observed tax (or transfer) policies. The technique is based on income distribution simulations and controls for differences in pre-tax income distributions. It assumes that the only information on the pre-tax...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vellutini, Charles
Other Authors: Benitez, Juan Carlos
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/252
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