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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Taxable Income Literature: Summary<br />

Large responses for the rich, mostly intertemporal substitution and<br />

shifting<br />

Responses among lower incomes small at least in short run<br />

Perhaps not surprising if they have little flexibility to change earnings<br />

Pattern confirmed in many settings (e.g. Kopczuk 2009 - Polish flat<br />

tax reform)<br />

But many methdological problems remain to be resolved<br />

Econometric issues: mean reversion, appropriate counterfactuals<br />

Which elasticity is being identified?<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> ()<strong>Part</strong> 5: Income Taxation and Labor Supply 173 / 217

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