tax ; wealth ; inequality ; redistribution …This paper surveys possible motivations for having a net wealth tax. After giving a short overview over the state of … wealth taxation in OECD countries, we discuss both popular arguments for such a tax, as well as economic arguments. It is …

labor productivity risk, show that it has a wealth distribution that matches the data well, and then use it to characterize … fiscal policies that achieve a desired degree of redistribution in society. We find that marginal tax rates on the top 1% of …