Arbeitspapier
Relative consumption and tax evasion
Relative consumption effects or status concerns that feature jealousy (in the sense of Dupor and Liu, AER 2003) boost consumption expenditure. If consumption is financed by labour income, such status considerations increase labour supply and, hence, the tax base. A higher taxable income, in turn, can make tax evasion more attractive. We show for various specifications of preferences that the tax base effect generally dominates. Consequently, relative consumption effects tend to reduce tax evasion. This is true, irrespective of whether tax parameters are exogenous, guarantee a balanced budget or are set optimally.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4077
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Externalities
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- Subject
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income taxes
optimal taxation
relative consumption
tax evasion
Einkommensteuer
Optimale Besteuerung
Konsuminterdependenz
Steuerflucht
Sozialer Status
Arbeitsangebot
Theorie
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Goerke, Laszlo
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (where)
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Munich
- (when)
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2013
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Goerke, Laszlo
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2013
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