Tax cuts for whom? Heterogeneous effects of income tax changes on growth and employment

This paper investigates how tax changes for different income groups affect aggregate economic activity. I construct a measure of who received (or paid for) tax changes in the postwar period using tax return data from NBER’s TAXSIM. Variation in the income distribution across US states and federal ta...

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Main Author: Zidar, O. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2019
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