For a given vector of tax bracket thresholds and marginal tax rates, this code calculates the tax burden for any vector of incomes. This and other utilities are available on GitHub. function taxdue = tax(y,g) % For a vector of…
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Replicating Mirrlees 1971
Here is my discussion of my attempt to replicate the numerical computations in Mirrlees’s seminal analysis of the optimal nonlinear income tax (Restud, 1971) which can be downloaded here (gated). Although my computations yield reasonable results, they do not exactly replicate…
Romney’s tax rate is not really 14%
It’s been widely reported that Romney’s effective tax rate is 13.9%. The low rate is largely because he receives most of his income from investments (stock portfolio appreciation and the like), which are taxed at 15% (a far lower rate…
I am a PhD candidate in Business Economics at Harvard. I'm interested in normative economics, tax policy, and bicycle touring. The best way to contact me is via email.
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