Taxing High-Income Earners: Tax Avoidance and Mobility

XREAP WP No. 2017-06

39 Pages Posted: 8 Nov 2017

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Alejandro Esteller-More

University of Barcelona

Amedeo Piolatto

Autonomous University of Barcelona; Barcelona School of Economics; Barcelona Institute of Economics

Matthew D. Rablen

University of Sheffield - Department of Economics

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Date Written: November 6, 2017

Abstract

The taxation of high-income earners is of importance to every country and is the subject of a considerable amount of recent academic research. Such high-income earners contribute substantial amounts of tax and generate significant positive spillovers, but are also highly mobile: a 1% increase in the top marginal income tax rate increases out-migrations by around 1.5 to 3%. We review research into taxation of high-income earners to provide a synthesis of existing theoretical and empirical understanding. We offer various avenues for potential future theoretical and empirical research.

Keywords: High-Income Earners, Mobility, Tax Avoidance

JEL Classification: H26, H31, K34, K42

Suggested Citation

Esteller-More, Alejandro and Piolatto, Amedeo and Rablen, Matthew D., Taxing High-Income Earners: Tax Avoidance and Mobility (November 6, 2017). XREAP WP No. 2017-06, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3066434 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3066434

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Amedeo Piolatto

Autonomous University of Barcelona ( email )

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Matthew D. Rablen

University of Sheffield - Department of Economics ( email )

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