This paper considers the arguments for fundamental pension reform in Germany and the United States. The two countries have recently made or are considering reforms that would reduce the generosity of the traditional, pay-as-you-go pension system. Some or all of the lost benefits would be...

Tragende Elemente der Grundsteuer Diese Untersuchung ist keine Nachbearbeitung der steuerpolitischen Grundsteuerdebatte, sondern möchte einen Beitrag zur steuerwissenschaftlichen Diskussion leisten. Gerechtigkeit, Grundsteuer sowie Leistungs- und Äquivalenzprinzip: ein Haus mit drei Etagen,...

U.S. survey respondents' views on distributive justice are shown to differ in two specific, related ways from what is conventionally assumed in modern optimal tax research. A large share of respondents, and in some cases a large majority, resist the full equalization of inequality due to brute...

U.S. survey respondents' views on distributive justice are shown to differ in two specific, related ways from what is conventionally assumed in modern optimal tax research. A large share of respondents, and in some cases a large majority, resist the full equalization of inequality due to brute...