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Welcome to seminar with Assistant Professor Marius Ring from University of Texas, Austin.

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The title of his talk is

Wealth Taxation and Charitable Giving

Abstract:

We provide novel evidence on capital taxation and charitable giving on three fronts. First, we use quasi-experimental variation in the annual Norwegian wealth tax to study how wealth taxation affects giving. Inconsistent with the notion that households give more to reduce future tax liabilities, we find that wealth taxation reduces the amount that households give. Second, we study bunching at an income-tax exemption threshold for giving, and find a modest own-price elasticity that is decreasing in income and in wealth. Third, we explore own-price heterogeneity, and specifically whether wealth taxation affects how sensitive households are to the after-tax price of giving.

 

If you would like to meet Marius for a 1:1, please contact Hans Hvide