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adam_text | Titel: Public finance and public policy
Autor: Gruber, Jonathan
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Brief Contents
Contents.......................................................................................vii
Preface.....................................................................................xxvii
PART I Introduction and Background
1 Why Study Public Finance?..............................................................................1
2 Theoretical Tools of Public Finance ..............................................................25
3 Empirical Tools of Public Finance.................................................................63
4 Budget Analysis and Deficit Financing...........................................................91
PART II Externalities and Public Goods
5 Externalities: Problems and Solutions.........................................................121
6 Externalities in Action: Environmental and Health Externalities.......................149
7 Public Goods.............................................................................................183
8 Cost-Benefit Analysis..................................................................................207
9 Political Economy......................................................................................229
10 State and Local Government Expenditures...................................................263
11 Education..................................................................................................291
PART III Sodai Insurance and Redistribution
12 Social Insurance: The New Function of Government....................................321
13 Social Security .........................................................................................355
14 Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Workers Compensation . 391
15 Health Insurance I: Health Economics and Private Health Insurance..............419
16 Health Insurance II: Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Care Reform.................453
17 Income Distribution and Welfare Programs .................................................489
PART IV Taxation in Theory and Practice
18 Taxation in the United States and Around the World......................................523
19 The Equity Implications of Taxation: Tax Incidence........................................557
20 Tax Inefficiencies and Their Implications for Optimal Taxation........................589
21 Taxes on Labor Supply...............................................................................623
22 Taxes on Savings.......................................................................................647
23 Taxes on Risk Taking and Wealth.................................................................675
24 Corporate Taxation....................................................................................703
25 Fundamental Tax Reform............................................................................739
Glossary .....................................................................................G-l
References...................................................................................R-l
Index...........................................................................................M
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Contents.......................................................................................vii
Preface......................................................................................xxvii
Introduction and Background
CHAPTER 1 Why Study Public Finance?........
1.1 The Four Questions of Public Finance................................3
When Should the Government Intervene in the Economy? 3
Application: The Measles Epidemic of 1989-1991 5
How Might the Government Intervene? 7
What Are the Effects of Alternative Interventions? 8
Application: The CBO: Government Scorekeepers 9
Why Do Governments Do What They Do? 9
1.2 Why Study Public Finance? Facts on Government
in the United States and Around the World.............................. 10
The Size and Growth of Government 10
Decentralization 12
Spending, Taxes, Deficits, and Debts 13
Distribution of Spending 16
Distribution of Revenue Sources 17
Regulatory Role of the Government 19
1.3 Why Study Public Finance Now? Policy Debates
over Sodai Security, Health Care, and Education........................ 20
Social Security 20
Health Care 21
Education 21
1.4 Conclusion.............................................................. 22
Highlights.................................................................... 22 j
Questions and Problems.................................................... 23 ::
Advanced Questions......................................................... 24
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CHAPTER 2 Theoretical Tools of Public Finance....................25
2.1 Constrained Utility Maximization................................... 26
Preferences and Indifference Curves 27
Utility Mapping of Preferences 29
Budget Constraints 31
Putting It All Together: Constrained Choice 33
The Effects of Price Changes: Substitution and Income Effects 35
2.2 Putting the Tools to Work: TANF and Labor
Supply Among Single Mothers............................................. 37
Identifying the Budget Constraint 38
The Effect of TANF on the Budget Constraint 39
2.3 Equilibrium and Social Welfare...................................... 43
Demand Curves 44
Supply Curves 46
Equilibrium 48
Social Efficiency 49
Competitive Equilibrium Maximizes Social Efficiency 50
From Social Efficiency to Social Welfare: The Role of Equity 52
Choosing an Equity Criterion 54
2.4 Welfare Implications of Benefit Reductions:
The TANF Example Continued.............................................. 55
2.5 Conclusion.............................................................. 57
Highlights.................................................................... 57
Questions and Problems.................................................... 58
Advanced Questions......................................................... 59
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 2 The Mathematics of Utility Maximization... 60
CHAPTER 3 Empirical Tools of Public Finance......................63
3.1 The Important Distinction Between Correlation and Causality.... 64
The Problem 65
3.2 Measuring Causation with Data We d Like
to Have: Randomized Trials................................................ 66
Randomized Trials as a Solution 67
The Problem of Bias 67
Randomized Trials of ERT 69
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Randomized Trials in the TANF Context 69 1
Why We Need to Go Beyond Randomized Trials 70 |
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3.3 Estimating Causation with Data We Actually j
Get: Observational Data.................................................... 71 j
Time Series Analysis 71 1
Cross-Sectional Regression Analysis 74 j
Quasi-Experiments 79 j
Structural Modeling 82 |
3.4 Conclusion.............................................................. 84 J
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Highlights.................................................................... 84 I
Questions and Problems.................................................... 85 1
Advanced Questions......................................................... 86
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 3 Cross-Sectional Regression Analysis......... 87
CHAPTER 4 Budget Analysis and Deficit Financing................91
4.1 Government Budgeting............................................... 93
The Budget Deficit in Recent Years 93
The Budget Process 94
Application: Efforts to Control the Deficit 96
Budget Policies and Deficits at the State Level 98
4.2 Measuring the Budgetary Position of the
Government: Alternative Approaches..................................... 98
Real vs. Nominal 98
Economic Conditions 100
Cash vs. Capital Accounting 100 I
Static vs. Dynamic Scoring 102
4.3 Do Current Debts and Deficits Mean Anything?
A Long-Run Perspective.................................................... 103
Background: Present Discounted Value 104
Why Current Labels May Be Meaningless 104
Alternative Measures of Long-Run Government Budgets 105
What Does the U.S. Government Do? 109
Application: The Financial Shenanigans of 2001 112
4.4 Why Do We Care About the Government s Fiscal Position?.....113
Short-Run vs. Long-Run Effects of the Government on the Macroeconomy 113
Background: Savings and Economic Growth 114
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The Federal Budget, Interest Rates, and Economic Growth 115
Intergenerational Equity 118
4.5 Conclusion............................................................. 118
Highlights................................................................... 119
Questions and Problems................................................... 119
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J 5.1 Externality Theory.................................................... 123
Economics of Negative Production Externalities 123
Negative Consumption Externalities 126
Application: The Externality of SUVs 127
Positive Externalities 128
, 5.2 Private-Sector Solutions to Negative Externalities.............. 130
1 The Solution 130
The Problems with Coasian Solutions 132
j 5.3 Public-Sector Remedies for Externalities......................... 134
I Corrective Taxation 134
Subsidies 135
Regulation 137
! 5.4 Distinctions Between Price and Quantity Approaches
; to Addressing Externalities............................................... 137
I Basic Model 138
1 Price Regulation (Taxes) vs. Quantity Regulation in This Model 139
Multiple Plants with Different Reduction Costs 140
j Uncertainty About Costs of Reduction 143
I 5.5 Conclusion............................................................. 146
| Highlights................................................................... 146
I Questions and Problems................................................... 147
I Advanced Questions........................................................ 148
CHAPTER 6 Externalities in Action: Environmental
and Health Externalities...............................................149
6.1 Acid Rain............................................................... 150
The Damage of Acid Rain 151
Empirical Evidence: Estimating the Adverse Health Effects of Particulates 152
History of Acid Rain Regulation 152
Has the CAA Been a Success? 155
6.2 Global Warming....................................................... 155
Application: The Montreal Protocol 158
The Kyoto Treaty 158
Can Trading Make Kyoto More Cost-Effective? 159
What Does the Future Hold? 162
Application: Congress Takes on Global Warming 163
6.3 The Economics of Smoking.......................................... 165
The Externalities of Smoking 167
Should We Care Only About Externalities, or Do Internalities Matter Also? 171
6.4 The Economics of Other Addictive Behaviors..................... 174
Drinking 174
Illicit Drugs 175
Empirical Evidence: The Effect of Legal Drinking at Age 21 176
Application: Public Policy Toward Obesity 178
Summary 180
6.5 Conclusion............................................................. 181
Highlights................................................................... 181
Questions and Problems................................................... 181
Advanced Questions........................................................ 182
CHAPTER 7 Public Goods...............................................183
7.1 Optimal Provision of Public Goods................................. 184
Optimal Provision of Private Goods 185
Optimal Provision of Public Goods 187
7.2 Private Provision of Public Goods.................................. 189
Private-Sector Underprovision 189
Application: The Free Rider Problem in Practice 191
Can Private Providers Overcome the Free Rider Problem? 192
Application: Business Improvement Districts 192
When Is Private Provision Likely to Overcome the Free Rider Problem? 194
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7.3 Public Provision of Public Goods................................... 196
Private Responses to Public Provision: The Problem of Crowd-Out 197
Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Public Goods 199
How Can We Measure Preferences for the Public Good? 199
Empirical Evidence: Measuring Crowd-Out 200
7.4 Conclusion.............................................................201
Highlights...................................................................202
Questions and Problems...................................................202
Advanced Questions........................................................203
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 7 The Mathematics
of Public Goods Provision.................................................204
CHAPTER 8 Cost-Benefit Analysis...................................207
8.1 Measuring the Costs of Public Projects............................208
The Example 209
Measuring Current Costs 209
8.2 Measuring the Benefits of Public Projects........................212
Valuing Driving Time Saved 213
Application: The Problems of Contingent Valuation 214
Empirical Evidence: Valuing Time Savings 216
Valuing Saved Lives 216
Application: Valuing Life 217
Discounting Future Benefits 222
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 222
8.3 Putting It All Together..............................................223
Other Issues in Cost-Benefit Analysis 223
8.4 Conclusion.............................................................225
Highlights...................................................................225
Questions and Problems...................................................226
Advanced Questions........................................................227
CHAPTER 9 Political Economy........................................229
9.1 Unanimous Consent on Public Goods Levels......................231
Lindahl Pricing 231
Problems with Lindahl Pricing 233
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9.2 Mechanisms for Aggregating Individual Preferences............234
Application: Direct Democracy in the United States 234
Majority Voting: When It Works 235
Majority Voting: When It Doesn t Work 237
Arrow s Impossibility Theorem 238
Restricting Preferences to Solve the Impossibility Problem 239
Median Voter Theory 241
The Potential Inefficiency of the Median Voter Outcome 241
Summary 242
9.3 Representative Democracy..........................................242
Vote-Maximizing Politicians Represent the Median Voter 243
Assumptions of the Median Voter Model 244
Lobbying 246 :
Application: Farm Policy in the United States 247 j
Evidence on the Median Voter Model for Representative Democracy 249 I
Empirical Evidence: Testing the Median Voter Model 250 I
9.4 Public Choice Theory: The Foundations j
of Government Failure.....................................................251 f
Size-Maximizing Bureaucracy 251
Problems with Privatization 252 1
Application: Contracting Out with Noncompetitive Bidding 253 j
Leviathan Theory 255 j
Corruption 256
Application: Government Corruption 256 Í
The Implications of Government Failure 259
9.5 Conclusion.............................................................259 ]
Empirical Evidence: Government Failures and Economic Growth 260 ;
Highlights...................................................................261 :
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Questions and Problems...................................................261
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Advanced Questions........................................................262 i
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CHAPTER 10 State and Local Government Expenditures........263 i
10.1 Fiscal Federalism in the United States and Abroad............265
Spending and Revenue of State and Local Governments 266
Fiscal Federalism Abroad 268
10.2 Optimal Fiscal Federalism.........................................269
The Tiebout Model 269
Problems with the Tiebout Model 271
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Evidence on the Tiebout Model 273
Optimal Fiscal Federalism 275
Empirical Evidence: Evidence for Capitalization from California s
Proposition 13 276
10.3 Redistribution Across Communities..............................276
Should We Care? 278
Tools of Redistribution: Grants 279
Redistribution in Action: School Finance Equalization 284
Empirical Evidence: The Flypaper Effect 285
Application: School Finance Equalization and Property Tax Limitations
in California 287
10.4 Conclusion........................................................... 287
Highlights...................................................................288
Questions and Problems...................................................288
Advanced Questions........................................................289
CHAPTER 11 Education.................................................291
11.1 Why Should the Government Be Involved in Education?......294
Productivity 294
Citizenship 295
Credit Market Failures 295
Failure to Maximize Family Utility 295
Redistribution 296
11.2 How Is the Government Involved in Education?................296
Free Public Education and Crowding Out 297
Solving the Crowd-Out Problem: Vouchers 299
Problems with Educational Vouchers 301
11.3 Evidence on Competition in Education Markets................306
Direct Experience with Vouchers 306
Experience with Public School Choice 306
Empirical Evidence: Estimating the Effects of Voucher Programs 307
Experience with Public School Incentives 308
Bottom Line on Vouchers and School Choice 308
11.4 Measuring the Returns to Education.............................309
Effects of Education Levels on Productivity 309
Empirical Evidence: Estimating the Return to Education 311
Effect of Education Levels on Other Outcomes 312
The Impact of School Quality 312
Empirical Evidence: Estimating the Effects of School Quality 313
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11.5 The Role of the Government in Higher Education..............313
Current Government Role 314
What Is the Market Failure, and How Should It Be Addressed? 316
11.6 Conclusion........................................................................317
Highlights...................................................................317
Questions and Problems...................................................318
Advanced Questions........................................................319
PART TTT
Social Insurance and Redistribution
CHAPTER 12 Sodai Insurance: The New Function
of Government............................................................321
12.1 What Is Insurance and Why Do Individuals Value It?.........323
What Is Insurance? 323
Why Do Individuals Value Insurance? 324
Formalizing This Intuition: Expected Utility Model 325
12.2 Why Have Social Insurance? Asymmetric Information
and Adverse Selection.....................................................328 |
Asymmetric Information 328 j
Example with Full Information 329
Example with Asymmetric Information 329 1
The Problem of Adverse Selection 331 (
Does Asymmetric Information Necessarily Lead to Market Failure 331
Application: Adverse Selection and Health Insurance Death Spirals 333 ;
How Does the Government Address Adverse Selection? 334 Í
12.3 Other Reasons for Government Intervention :
in Insurance Markets.......................................................335 j
Externalities 335 |
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Administrative Costs 335 |
Redistribution 335 i
Paternalism 336 !
Application: Flood Insurance and the Samaritan s Dilemma 336 I
12.4 Social Insurance vs. Self-Insurance: How |
Much Consumption Smoothing?..........................................339 j
Example: Unemployment Insurance 339 f
Lessons for Consumption-Smoothing Role of Social Insurance 343 !
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12.5 The Problem with Insurance: Moral Hazard.....................344
Application: The Problems with Assessing Workers Compensation Injuries 345
What Determines Moral Hazard? 346
Moral Hazard Is Multidimensional 346
The Consequences of Moral Hazard 347
12.6 Putting It All Together: Optimal Social Insurance.............348
12.7 Conclusion...........................................................349
Highlights...................................................................349
Questions and Problems...................................................350
Advanced Questions........................................................350
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 12 Mathematical Models of Expected Utility.... 352
CHAPTER 13 Social Security .........................................355
13.1 What Is Sodai Security, and How Does It Work?...............357
Program Details 357
Application: Why Choose 35 Years? 358
How Does Social Security Work Over Time? 361
Application: Ida May Fuller 363
How Does Social Security Redistribute in Practice? 364
13.2 Consumption-Smoothing Benefits of Social Security..........367
Rationales for Social Security 367
Does Social Security Smooth Consumption? 368
Social Security and Private Savings 368
Living Standards of the Elderly 369
Empirical Evidence: Measuring the Crowd-Out Effect of Social Security
on Savings 370
13.3 Social Security and Retirement...................................370
Theory 371
Evidence 371
Application: Implicit Social Security Taxes and Retirement Behavior 375
Implications 376
13.4 Social Security Reform...................................... ......376
Reform Round I: The Greenspan Commission 378
Application: The Social Security Trust Fund and National Savings 378
Incremental Reforms 379
Fundamental Reforms 382
Application: Company Stock in 401(k) Plans 385
Application: Mixed Proposals for Social Security Reform 386
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13.5 Conclusion...........................................................387
Highlights...................................................................388
Questions and Problems...................................................388
Advanced Questions........................................................389
CHAPTER 14 Unemployment Insurance, Disability
Insurance, and Workers Compensation.............................391
14.1 Institutional Features of Unemployment Insurance,
Disability Insurance, and Workers Compensation......................393
Institutional Features of Unemployment Insurance 393
Institutional Features of Disability Insurance 395
Institutional Features of Workers Compensation 396
Comparison of the Features of Ul, DI, and WC 397
Application: The Duration of Social Insurance Benefits Around the World 398
14.2 Consumption-Smoothing Benefits of Sodai Insurance Programs ... 399
14.3 Moral Hazard Effects of Social Insurance Programs............400
Moral Hazard Effects of Unemployment Insurance 400
Empirical Evidence: Moral Hazard Effects of Unemployment Insurance 402
Evidence for Moral Hazard in DI 404
Evidence for Moral Hazard in WC 405
Empirical Evidence: Moral Hazard Effects of Disability Insurance 406
Empirical Evidence: Moral Hazard Effects of Workers Compensation 407
14.4 The Costs and Benefits of Social Insurance to Firms..........408
The Effects of Partial Experience Rating in Ul on Layoffs 408
The Benefits of Partial Experience Rating 410
Application: The Cash Cow of Partial Experience Rating 410
Workers Compensation and Firms 411
14.5 Implications for Program Reform.................................412
Benefits Generosity 412
Targeting 412
Experience Rating 413
Worker Self-Insurance? 413
Application: Reforming Ul 413
14.6 Conclusion...........................................................414
Highlights...................................................................415
Questions and Problems...................................................415
Advanced Questions........................................................416
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 14 Advanced Quasi-Experimental Analysis ... 417
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CHAPTER 15 Health Insurance I: Health Economics
and Private Health Insurance.........................................419
15.1 An Overview of Health Care in the United States..............421
How Health Insurance Works: The Basics 422
Private Insurance 423
Medicare 427
Medicaid 427
TRICARE/CHAMPVA 428
The Uninsured 428
Empirical Evidence: Health Insurance and Mobility 431
15.2 How Generous Should Insurance Be to Patients?..............432
Consumption-Smoothing Benefits of Health Insurance for Patients 432
Moral Hazard Costs of Health Insurance for Patients 433
Application: The Problem with McAllen, Texas 436
How Elastic Is the Demand for Medical Care? The RAND Health Insurance
Experiment 438
Empirical Evidence: Estimating the Elasticity of Demand for Medical Care 440
Optimal Health Insurance 440
Why Is Insurance So Generous in the United States? 441
Application: Health Savings Accounts 443
15.3 How Generous Should Insurance Be
to Medical Providers?................................................. 445
Managed Care and Prospective Reimbursement 446
The Impacts of Managed Care 448
How Should Providers Be Reimbursed? 449
15.4 Conclusion...........................................................449
| Highlights...................................................................449
Questions and Problems...................................................450
Advanced Questions........................................................451
CHAPTER 16 Health Insurance II: Medicare, Medicaid,
and Health Care Reform................................................453
16.1 The Medicaid Program for Low-Income
Mothers and Children......................................................454
How Medicaid Works 455
Who Is Eligible for Medicaid? 455
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What Health Services Does Medicaid Cover? 456 j
How Do Providers Get Paid? 456 j
16.2 What Are the Effects of the Medicaid Program?................457 |
How Does Medicaid Affect Health? A Framework 457 1
How Does Medicaid Affect Health? Evidence 458 ¡
Empirical Evidence: Using State Medicaid Expansions to Estimate Program I
Effects 460 )
16.3 The Medicare Program..............................................461 f
How Medicare Works 462 I
Application: The Medicare Prescription Drug Debate 463 j
16.4 What Are the Effects of the Medicare Program?................466 j
The Prospective Payment System 466 j
Empirical Evidence: On the Move to the PPS 467 1
Problems with PPS 467
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Lesson: The Difficulty of Partial Reform 469 !
Medicare Managed Care 469 j
Should Medicare Move to a Full Choice Plan? Premium Support 472 |
Application: A Premium Support System for Medicare 472 1
Gaps in Medicare Coverage 474 I
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16.5 Long-term Care.....................................................475 I
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Financing Long-term Care 475 J
16.6 Health Care Reform in the United States.......................476 j
The Historical Impasse 476
The Massachusetts Experiment with Incremental Universalism 478 I
The Affordable Care Act 480 !
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Application: Rising Health Care Costs and Cost Control Efforts
in the ACA 481
16.7 Conclusion...........................................................485
Highlights...................................................................485
Questions and Problems...................................................486
Advanced Questions........................................................486
CHAPTER 17 Income Distribution and Welfare Programs......489
17.1 Facts on Income Distribution in the United States............491
Relative Income Inequality 491
Absolute Deprivation and Poverty Rates 494
Application: Problems in Poverty Line Measurement 495
What Matters-Relative or Absolute Deprivation? 496
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17.2 Welfare Policy in the United States..............................497
Cash Welfare Programs 497
In-Kind Programs 499
17.3 The Moral Hazard Costs of Welfare Policy.......................500
Moral Hazard Effects of a Means-Tested Transfer System 501
Solving Moral Hazard by Lowering the Benefit Reduction Rate 504
The Iron Triangle of Redistributive Programs 505
17.4 Redudng the Moral Hazard of Welfare...........................506
Moving to Categorical Welfare Payments 506
Using Ordeal Mechanisms 509
Application: An Example of Ordeal Mechanisms 510
Increasing Outside Options 511
Empirical Evidence: The Canadian Self-Sufficiency Project 514
17.5 Welfare Reform.....................................................517
Changes Due to Welfare Reform 517
Empirical Evidence: Estimating the Impact of Welfare Reform 518
Effects of the 1996 Welfare Reform 518
17.6 Conclusion........................................................... 520
Highlights...................................................................520
Questions and Problems...................................................520
Advanced Questions........................................................521
PART TY
Taxation in Theory and Practice
CHAPTER 18 Taxation in the United States and
Around the World........................................................523
18.1 Types of Taxation...................................................524
Taxes on Earnings 524
Taxes on Individual Income 525
Taxes on Corporate Income 525
Taxes on Wealth 525
Taxes on Consumption 525
Taxation Around the World 525
18.2 Structure of the Individual Income Tax
in the United States.......................................................527
Computing the Tax Base 527
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Tax Rates and Taxes Paid 529
Application: The Coming AMT Timebomb 530
18.3 Measuring the Fairness of Tax Systems..........................532
Average and Marginal Tax Rates 532
Vertical and Horizontal Equity 533
Measuring Vertical Equity 534
Application: The Political Process of Measuring Tax Fairness 534
18.4 Defining the Income Tax Base....................................536
The Haig-Simons Comprehensive Income Definition 536
Deviations Due to Ability-to-Pay Considerations 537
Deviations Due to Costs of Earning Income 538
Application: What Are Appropriate Business Deductions? 538
18.5 Externality/Public Goods Rationales
for Deviating from Haig-Simons..........................................540
Charitable Giving 540
Spending Crowd-Out Versus Tax Subsidy Crowd-In 541
Consumer Sovereignty Versus Imperfect Information 543
Housing 543
Empirical Evidence: The Social Benefits of Homeownership 545
Tax Deductions Versus Tax Credits 546
Application: The Readability Debate 547
Bottom Line: Tax Expenditures 549
18.6 The Appropriate Unit of Taxation.................................550
The Problem of the Marriage Tax 550
Marriage Taxes in Practice 552
18.7 Conclusion...........................................................554
Highlights...................................................................554
Questions and Problems...................................................555
Advanced Questions........................................................556
CHAPTER 19 The Equity Implications
of Taxation: Tax Incidence.............................................557
19.1 The Three Rules of Tax Inddence.................................559
The Statutory Burden of a Tax Does Not Describe Who Really Bears the Tax 559
The Side of the Market on Which the Tax Is Imposed Is Irrelevant
to the Distribution of the Tax Burdens 561
Parties with Inelastic Supply or Demand Bear Taxes; Parties
with Elastic Supply or Demand Avoid Them 564
Reminder: Tax Incidence Is about Prices, Not Quantities 567
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19.2 Tax Inddence Extensions..........................................568
Tax Incidence in Factor Markets 568
Tax Incidence in Imperfectly Competitive Markets 571
Balanced Budget Tax Incidence 573
19.3 General Equilibrium Tax Inddence...............................574
Effects of a Restaurant Tax: A General Equilibrium Example 574
Issues to Consider in General Equilibrium Incidence Analysis 577
19.4 The Inddence of Taxation in the United States................579
Empirical Evidence: The Incidence of Excise Taxation 580
CBQ/TPC Incidence Assumptions 580
Results of CBO/TPC Incidence Analysis 581
Current Versus Lifetime Income Incidence 583
19.5 Conclusion...........................................................584
Highlights...................................................................584
Questions and Problems...................................................585
Advanced Questions........................................................585
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 19 The Mathematics of Tax Inddence.........587
CHAPTER 20 Tax Inefficiencies and Their Implications
for Optimal Taxation....................................................589
20.1 Taxation and Economic Efficiency................................590
Graphical Approach 590
Elasticities Determine Tax Inefficiency 592
Application: Tax Avoidance in Practice 593
Determinants of Deadweight Loss 594
Deadweight Loss and the Design of Efficient Tax Systems 596
Application: The Deadweight Loss of Taxing Wireless Communications 600
20.2 Optimal Commodity Taxation.....................................601
Ramsey Taxation: The Theory of Optimal Commodity Taxation 601
Inverse Elasticity Rule 602
Equity Implications of the Ramsey Model 603
Application: Price Reform in Pakistan 604
20.3 Optimal Income Taxes..............................................607
A Simple Example 607
General Model with Behavioral Effects 608
An Example 610
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20.4 Tax-Benefit Linkages and the Finandng
of Sodai Insurance Programs.............................................612
The Model 612
Issues Raised by Tax-Benefit Linkage Analysis 614
Empirical Evidence: A Group-Specific Employer Mandate 616
20.5 Conclusion...........................................................616
Highlights...................................................................617
Questions and Problems...................................................617
Advanced Questions........................................................618
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 20 The Mathematics of Optimal Taxation.... 619
CHAPTER 21 Taxes on Labor Supply.................................623
21.1 Taxation and Labor Supply-Theory..............................625
Basic Theory 625
Limitations of the Theory: Constraints on Hours Worked and Overtime Pay Rules 627
21.2 Taxation and Labor Supply-Evidence...........................628
Empirical Evidence: Estimating the Elasticity of Labor Supply 629
Limitations of Existing Studies 630
21.3 Tax Policy to Promote Labor Supply: The Earned
Income Tax Credit..........................................................631
Background on the EITC 631
Impact of EITC on Labor Supply: Theory 633
Impact of EITC on Labor Supply: Evidence 634
Empirical Evidence: The Effect of the EITC on Single-Mother Labor Supply 636
Summary of the Evidence 637
Application: EITC Reform 637
21.4 The Tax Treatment of Child Care and Its
^ Impact on Labor Supply...................................................639
ìì The Tax Treatment of Child Care 639
Empirical Evidence: The Effect of Child Care Costs on Maternal Labor
Supply 640
Options for Resolving Tax Wedges 641
Comparing the Options 642
21.5 Conclusion...........................................................643
Highlights...................................................................644
Questions and Problems...................................................644
Advanced Questions........................................................645
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CHAPTER 22 Taxes on Savings........................................647
22.1 Taxation and Savings-Theory and Evidence....................649
Traditional Theory 649
Evidence: How Does the After-Tax Interest Rate Affect Savings? 653
Inflation and the Taxation of Savings 654
22.2 Alternative Models of Savings....................................656
Precautionary Savings Models 656
Self-Control Models 657
Empirical Evidence: Social Insurance and Personal Savings 658
22.3 Tax Incentives for Retirement Savings...........................659
Available Tax Subsidies for Retirement Savings 659
Why Do Tax Subsidies Raise the Return to Savings? 661
Theoretical Effects of Tax-Subsidized Retirement Savings 662
Application: The Roth IRA 666
Implications of Alternative Models 668
Private vs. National Savings 669
Empirical Evidence: Estimating the Impact of Tax Incentives
for Savings on Savings Behavior 670
Evidence on Tax Incentives and Savings 671
22.4 Conclusion...........................................................672
Highlights...................................................................673
Questions and Problems...................................................673
Advanced Questions........................................................674
CHAPTER 23 Taxes on Risk Talcing and Wealth...................675
23.1 Taxation and Risk Taking..........................................677
Basic Financial Investment Model 677
Real-World Complications 678
Evidence on Taxation and Risk Taking 680
Labor Investment Applications 680
23.2 Capital Gains Taxation.............................................681
Current Tax Treatment of Capital Gains 681
What Are the Arguments for Tax Preferences for Capital Gains? 683
What Are the Arguments Against Tax Preferences for Capital Gains? 688
Application: Capital Gains Taxation of Carried Interesf 688
23.3 Transfer Taxation...................................................690
Why Tax Wealth? Arguments for the Estate Tax 691
Arguments Against the Estate Tax 692
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23.4 Property Taxation...................................................695
Who Bears the Property Tax? 696
Types of Property Taxation 697
Application: Property Tax Breaks to Businesses 698
23.5 Conclusion...........................................................700
Highlights...................................................................700
Questions and Problems...................................................701
Advanced Questions........................................................701
CHAPTER 24 Corporate Taxation.....................................703
24.1 What Are Corporations and Why Do We Tax Them?............ 705
Ownership versus Control 706
Application: Executive Compensation and the Agency Problem 707
Firm Financing 709
Why Do We Have a Corporate Tax? 710
24.2 The Structure of the Corporate Tax...............................711
Revenues 712
Expenses 712
Application: What Is Economic Depreciation? The Case of Personal
Computers 713
Corporate Tax Rate 714
Tax Credits 715
24.3 The Inddence of the Corporate Tax..............................715
24.4 The Consequences of the Corporate Tax for Investment.......716
Theoretical Analysis of Corporate Tax and Investment Decisions 716
Negative Effective Tax Rates 721
Policy Implications of the Impact of the Corporate Tax on Investment 722
Application: The Impact of the 1981 and 1986 Tax Reforms
on Investment Incentives 722
Evidence on Taxes and Investment 724
24.5 The Consequences of the Corporate Tax for Finandng.........724
The Impact of Taxes on Financing 724
Why Not All Debt? 726
The Dividend Paradox 728
How Should Dividends Be Taxed? 729
Application: The 2003 Dividend Tax Cut 730
Corporate Tax Integration 731
24.6 Treatment of International Corporate Income..................732
How to Tax International Income 732
Application: A Tax Holiday for Foreign Profits 733
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24.7 Conclusion...........................................................736
Highlights...................................................................737
Questions and Problems...................................................737
Advanced Questions........................................................738
CHAPTER 25 Fundamental Tax Reform..............................739
25.1 Why Fundamental Tax Reform?................................... 741
Improving Tax Compliance 741
Application: Tax Evasion 741
Application: The 1997 1RS Hearings and Their Fallout for Tax Collection 744
Making the Tax Code Simpler 746
Improving Tax Efficiency 747
Summary: The Benefits of Fundamental Tax Reform 750
25.2 The Politics and Economics of Tax Reform...................... 750
Political Pressures for a Complicated Tax Code 751
Economic Pressures Against Broadening the Tax Base 751
Application: Grandfathering in Virginia 754
The Conundrum 755
Application: TRA 86 and Tax Shelters 755
25.3 Consumption Taxation............................................. 756
Why Might Consumption Make a Better Tax Base? 757
Why Might Consumption Be a Worse Tax Base? 759
Designing a Consumption Tax 762
Backing into Consumption Taxation: Cash-Flow Taxation 765
25.4 The Flat Tax......................................................... 765
Advantages of a Flat Tax 766
Problems with the Flat Tax 767
Application: The 2005 Panel on Tax Reform 768
25.5 Conclusion...........................................................769
Highlights................................................................... 769
Questions and Problems...................................................770
Advanced Questions........................................................770
Glossary..................................................................... G-l
References...................................................................R-l
Index..........................................................................1-1
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