The Income Tax Reform in Slovenia: Should the Flat Tax Have Prevailed?

In 2007, Slovenia launched a comprehensive tax reform. This paper analyzes several proposed tax reform scenarios, including the flat tax proposal, with a dynamic general equilibrium model of the Slovenian economy, linked to a microsimulation model. We focus on the macroeconomic and welfare aspects o...

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Published in:Eastern European economics 2009-09, Vol.47 (5), p.5-24
Main Authors: Majcen, Boris, Verbič, Miroslav, Bayar, Ali, Čok, Mitja
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Contrafactuals
Economic development
Economic models
Economic theory
Employment
Flat rates
Income tax
Income taxes
Labor supply
Parliament
Payroll taxes
Proportional taxes
Public assistance programs
Simulation
Slovenia
Studies
Tax policy
Tax reform
Taxation economics
Value added taxes
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Economic development
Economic models
Economic theory
Employment
Flat rates
Income tax
Income taxes
Labor supply
Parliament
Payroll taxes
Proportional taxes
Public assistance programs
Simulation
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Studies
Tax policy
Tax reform
Taxation economics
Value added taxes
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