We quantitatively analyze the way inflation alters the inequality of the income distribution in the U.S. economy. The … main mechanism emphasized in this paper is the bracket creep effect according to which inflation pushes income into higher …, we study time series from the U.S. economy. As our central result we find that irrespective of the level of inflation …

Inflation and earnings growth can push some tax payers into higher brackets in the absence of inflation …-indexed schedules. Moreover, inflation may affect the composition of individuals' income sources. As a result, depending on the relative … tax burden of labour and capital, inflation may decrease or increase the difference between before-tax and after …

Inflation and earnings growth can push some tax payers into higher brackets in the absence of inflation …-indexed schedules. Moreover, inflation may affect the composition of individuals' income sources. As a result, depending on the relative … tax burden of labor and capital, inflation may decrease or increase the difference between before and after-tax income …

Since the work of Doepke and Schneider (2006a) and Meh and Terajima (2008), we know that inflation causes major … same country. Two types of monetary policy, inflation targeting (IT) and price level targeting (PT), have very different …