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1 Patrick Fleenor, Primer on the Economic Implications of Marginal Tax Rates [i] (1999)

handle is hein.taxfoundation/bpdcxz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Table of Contents
Introduction                ...............................................................................................                                I
Effect of Marginal Tax Rates on Savings and Investment ......................                                                                             3
The Life        Cycle      Model ................................................................................................                 3
Optim      izing     Consum         ptiol ........................................................................................               6
Introduction            of a Proportional Incomc                       Tax     ..........................................................         7
Taxing W         ages ................................................................................................              7
Taxin-g      Interest .............................................................................................                 7
Modeling          the W     age    and     Interest Taxes ...................................................................                     7
Introduction            of a Progressive              income         Tlax    ............................................................         9
Responses to             higher Effective Tax                  Rates      ...............................................................       11
Real-W      orld     Com     plications .......................................................................................                 11
Wealth       and     Age     ............................................................................................         12
The Com         plexity       of the Tax         Code .............................................................................             12
Em    pirical investigation ............................................................................................                        13
Policy      im   plications ...................................................................................................                 14
Effect of Marginal Tax Rates on Labor Supply ........................................ 15
Introduction            ..............................................................................................................          15
Theoretical issues .....................................................................................................                        15
Changing W            ork    hours Following                 a Wage icrease              ...............................................      15
The Labor Supply ......................................................................................................                         17
Effect of Marginal Tax Rates on Income and Labor Supply ................................. 19
Effect of a Progressive                  Rate     Structure         ....................................................................        19
Em    pirical Evidence ...................................................................................................                      22
The Response of High-income                             Households ...........................................................                  22
The Response of Married                       Taxpayers ......................................................................                  22
Conclusion            ................................................................................................................          23
References ..................................................................................................                                           24

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