Distributional Effects of Tax Reforms in Japan : Micro-simulation Approach /

This paper conducts micro-simulations to study the distributional effects of several tax measures in Japan, considering households' heterogeneity in terms of both income and wealth. Simulation results suggest that increasing the consumption tax rate and strengthening the recurrent tax on immova...

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Main Author: Hisanaga, Takuma
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/150
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