Social disparities have a common and consistent character in the vast majority of contemporary countries. The level of income inequality in OECD countries has grown in the past 30 years and is still rising. Taxes and tax systems, aside from social transfers, are fiscal instruments widely used in...

This study investigates tax buoyancies in Indonesia. It analyzes the cointegration relationship between the regional gross domestic product (RGDP), along with several control variables, and tax revenues. Focusing on personal income tax (PIT), corporate income tax (CIT), and value-added tax...

This article describes ZEW-EviSTA®, the microsimulation model developed and used at ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. The model simulates the German tax and transfer system using household micro level data. By estimating fiscal effects, labor market outcomes as well as...