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Using a series of experiments, we examine whether the additional opportunity to save retroactively for retirement at the time of tax filing increases overall retirement savings. Our findings show that introducing the additional savings opportunity at tax time increases the total savings rate by...
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Using a series of laboratory experiments, this paper studies the effect of tax misperceptions on retirement savings and examines whether informational tax nudges and changing the form of the tax subsidy promote tax-efficient savings behavior. We find that deferred pension taxation results in...
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Amid global climate change concerns, policymakers worldwide are increasingly scrutinizing environmentally harmful subsidies. This study examines the tax-deductibility of job-related commuting expenses, which has faced criticism for promoting longer commutes and congestion. Through a controlled,...
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Die unterschiedliche Behandlung der Entlohnung von Beamten und Angestellten insbesondere bei der Sozialversicherung führt dazu, dass bei übereinstimmendem Nettogehalt die Bruttoentlohnung von Beamten unter der Bruttoentlohnung von Angestellten liegt. In dem Beitrag werden die...
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Eine zusätzliche Einnahmequelle für Professoren und Mitarbeiter von Hochschulen aber auch für Fachkräfte aus Wirtschaft und Politik ist die Durchführung von Lehrveranstaltungen für private oder öffentliche Auftraggeber neben der Hauptbeschäftigung. Vielen Dozenten scheint die sich daraus...
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This paper studies behavioral responses to taxes in financial markets. It is motivated by recent puzzling empirical evidence of taxable municipal bond yields significantly exceeding the level expected relative to tax exempt bonds. A behavioral explanation is a tax aversion bias, the phenomenon...
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Steuervereinfachung wird häufig gefordert. Aus betriebswirtschaftlicher Sicht ist jedoch unklar, welche Entscheidungswirkungen und Verteilungsfolgen Steuer-vereinfachungen tatsächlich haben. Am Beispiel der Betrieblichen Altersvorsorge untersuchen wir experimentell die Wirkungen einer...
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In this paper we apply conjoint analysis as an empirical method to study the influence of tax labeling and tax earmarking on the perceived tax burden. As reference for the individual behavior we use the model of a rational utility maximizer described by the economic theory. We determine a...
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This paper gives a survey of the experimental literature on the perception (bias) of individuals with respect to their own tax burden and its effect on economic decisions. Six strands of literature are discussed: (1) perception of marginal tax rates, (2) influence of tax complexity on tax...
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