The book suggests a novel way how the effects of tax reforms especially in the field of capital income taxation can be measured by means of dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. Using a model calibrated to the German economy, the author evaluates and quantifies the effects of...

A guide to current approaches to measuring the effective tax rate, with case studies that illustrate the different methods discussed.Today's highly complicated tax codes have led economists and policy makers depend on simplified summary measures in order to understand how taxes affect the...

This paper provides a conceptual review of how the impact of taxes on the incentive to invest in the corporate sector can be measured. The focus is on measures derived from economic theory. Two measures are derived effective marginal and average tax rates which reflect different forms of...

Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on investments -- How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed tax rates imposed on individual investors -- How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed treatment of capital gains -- How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed tax credits and deductions claimed by investors -- Impact...