Tax reforms

Pareto-Improvements, Welfare Trade-Offs, and the Taxation of Couples

We develop a theory of tax reforms for a setting with multi-dimensional heterogeneity amongst taxpayers and multiple economic decisions that are all subject to fixed and variable costs. The theorems in this paper provide a complete characterization …

The Taxation of Couples

This paper studies the tax treatment of couples. We develop two different approaches. One is tailored to the analysis of tax systems that stick to the principle that the tax base for couples is the sum of their incomes. The other is tailored to the …

Self-Financing Tax Cuts Around the World: New Theoretical Results and Applications to 33 Countries

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