Incentives and Redistribution in the Welfare State

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Incentives and Redistribution in the Welfare State is written by Jonas Agell and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 033399485X (ISBN 10) and 9780333994856 (ISBN 13).

This book reviews the lessons from the Swedish 1991 tax reform, the most far-reaching tax reform in any Western industrialized country in the post-war period. The authors discuss a range of behavioural responses (including tax planning, savings, labour supply, investment, etc.), and assess the overall effects on efficiency and equity. They also draw lessons for tax reform more generally. The book should be of interest to anyone with an interest in tax policy and tax reform evaluation.