Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92144 
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2009
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ISER Working Paper Series No. 2009-02
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University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
The aim of this paper is to describe the state-of-the-art in simulation and to illustrate benefits and problems of linking micro and macro models by analysing flat tax proposals for Germany. The analysis shows that a personal income flat tax can indeed overcome the fundamental equity efficiency trade-off while simultaneously increasing the tax revenue. However, this result does not hold for a flat tax combining a personal income flat tax with a corporate cash flow flat tax, even when allowing for an ex-post loss in revenue as the top of the distribution still gains the most.
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Working Paper

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