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Tax competition among local governments: evidence from a property tax reform in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2011-08-31)
This paper uses a Finnish policy intervention to study tax competition among local governments. Changes in the statutory lower limits to the property tax rates are used as a source of exogenous variation to estimate the ...
Voluntary pension savings and tax incentives: Evidence from Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2012-06-25)
This paper studies empirically savers' behavioral responses to the Finnish tax reform of 2005 by using comprehensive panel data. The tax schedule of voluntary pension savings changed from progressive to proportional, ...
The impact of tax incentives on the economic activity of entrepreneurs
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2013-01-10)
Based on existing evidence, we know little about how the taxation of small business owners affects their economic activity. This paper studies the effect of two Finnish tax reforms, in 1997 and 1998, on the effort decisions ...
Taxable Income Elasticity and the Anatomy of Behavioral Response: Evidence from Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2014-02-11)
This paper uses extensive Finnish panel data from 1995–2007 to analyze the elasticity of taxable income (ETI). I use individual changes in flat municipal income tax rates as an instrument for the overall changes in marginal ...
The Finnish payroll tax cut experiment revisited
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2011-04-13)
In this paper I evaluate the effects of a regional experiment that reduced payroll taxes by 3–6 percentage points of the firms' wage sum in northern and eastern Finland. I estimate the effect of the payroll tax reduction ...
To work or not to work? The effct of child-care subsidies on the labour supply of parents
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2011-04-29)
This paper studies the effect of child-care subsidies on maternal labour supply. In the Finnish child-care system, parents taking care of their children at home receive a relatively generous home-care allowance. I use ...
Do homeowners benefit urban neighborhoods? Evidence from housing prices
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2012-09-03)
Homeownership is heavily subsidized in many countries mainly through the tax code. The adverse effects of lenient tax treatment of owner-occupied housing on economic efficiency and growth are large and well documented in ...
The effects of size-based regulation on small firms: evidence from VAT threshold
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2016-06-14)
Various types of size-based regulations for firms are typical in most countries (tax schedules, accounting rules, health and safety standards etc.). However, there is only limited evidence of how owners of small firms ...
Non-linear dividend tax and dynamics of the firm
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2012-12-07)
This paper analyses the implications of a non-linear dividend tax in a life-cycle model of the firm. In the model new firms first enter markets, then grow, financing from retained earnings and finally distribute their ...
The Elasticity of Taxable Income: Evidence from Changes in Municipal Income Tax Rates in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2015-12-18)
The elasticity of taxable income (ETI) is a key parameter in income tax analysis both in terms of efficiency and tax revenue. This paper uses Finnish panel data to analyze ETI. I use changes in flat municipal income tax ...