• A Decentralization Theorem of Taxation 

      Lipatov, Vilen; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. (2015-05-01)
      "In the EU there are longstanding and ongoing pressures towards a tax that is levied on the EU level to substitute for national contributions. We discuss conditions under which such a transition can make sense, starting ...
    • Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Increasing Taxes on Top Income Earners 

      Brüggemann, Bettina; Yoo, Jinhyuk (2015-07-13)
      We analyze the macroeconomic implications of increasing the top marginal income tax rate using a dynamic general equilibrium framework with heterogeneous agents and a fiscal structure resembling the actual U.S. tax system. ...
    • On the Optimal Provision of Social Insurance 

      Krueger, Dirk; Ludwig, Alexander (2015-08-29)
      In this paper we compute the optimal tax and education policy transition in an economy where progressive taxes provide social insurance against idiosyncratic wage risk, but distort the education decision of households. ...
    • Optimal Taxes on Capital in the OLG Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Income Risk 

      Krueger, Dirk; Ludwig, Alexander (2018-02-09)
      We characterize the optimal linear tax on capital in an Overlapping Generations model with two period lived households facing uninsurable idiosyncratic labor income risk. The Ramsey government internalizes the general ...