Evidence on the High-Income Laffer Curve from Six Decades of Tax Reform

Goolsbee, A. D. (1999). Evidence on the High-Income Laffer Curve from Six Decades of Tax Reform. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1-64.

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1999

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1-64

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/2534678

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• Deadweight Loss
  • The DWL/revenue ratio ("marginal deadweight loss") of about 2.4% is the efficiency cost per dollar of revenue — a standard input to optimal-tax discussions.

    This sourceEstimates high-income behavioral responses to taxation across six decades of U.S. tax reform; empirical evidence on the efficiency cost / Laffer-curve behavior of marginal income taxation.

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