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Using a sample of seventy-seven countries, this paper focuses on
marginal tax rates and the income thresholds at which they apply to
examine how the tax changes of the 1980s and 1990s have influenced
economic growth, the distribution of income, and the share of taxes paid
by various income groups. Many countries substantially reduced their
highest marginal rates during the 1985-1995 period. The findings indicate
that countries that reduced their highest marginal rates grew more rapidly
than those that maintained high marginal rates. At the same time, the
income distribution in several of the tax cutting countries became more
unequal while there was little change or even a reduction in income
inequality in most countries that maintained high marginal rates. Finally,
the evidence suggests that there was a shift in the payment of the
personal income tax away from those with low and middle incomes and toward
those with the highest incomes.

Front Cover; Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice; Table of Contents; MYTHS OF ECONOMICS; OUTSTANDING ECONOMISTS; PERSPECTIVES IN ECONOMICS AND BOXED FEATURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHOICETHIRD EDITION; PART ONE: THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING-AN INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. THE ECONOMIC APPROACH; WHAT IS ECONOMICS ABOUT?; THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING; POSITIVE AND NORMATIVE ECONOMICS; WHAT DO ECONOMISTS DO?; CHAPTER 2. SOME TOOLS OF THE ECONOMIST; OPPORTUNITY COST IS THE HIGHEST VALUED OPPORTUNITY LOST; THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES CURVE.

Front Cover; Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART ONE: THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING- AN INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. THE ECONOMIC APPROACH; WHAT IS ECONOMICS ABOUT?; THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING; POSITIVE ECONOMICS; NORMATIVE ECONOMICS; PITFALLS OF POSITIVE ECONOMICS; WHAT DO ECONOMISTS DO?; CHAPTER 2. SOME TOOLS OF THE ECONOMIST; OPPORTUNITY COST IS THE HIGHEST VALUED OPPORTUNITY LOST; THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES CURVE; TRADE TIPS AND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE.

Front Cover; Coursebook for Economics Private and Public Choice; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; TOTHEINSTRUCTOR; CHAPTER 1. THE ECONOMIC APPROACH; TRUE OR FALSE; PROBLEMS AND PROJECTS; LEARNING THE MECHANICS-MULTIPLECHOICE; THEECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING-MULTIPLE CHOICE; THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING-DISCUSSIONQUESTIONS; PERSPECTIVES IN ECONOMICS; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 2. SOME TOOLSOF THEECONOMIST; TRUE OR FALSE; PROBLEMS AND PROJECTS; LEARNING THEMECHANICS-MULTIPLE CHOICE; THEECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING-MULTIPLE CHOICE; THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING-DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.

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