Read the Literature on Tax Incidence
Posted in Central Planning, Economic Illiteracy, labor markets, Price System, Taxation on Aug 13th, 2015
I’d like my readers and students to briefly examine the economic literature to determine what the “consensus” is on these two questions. What is the economic incidence of the payroll tax and other “benefits” that are mandated to be paid by employers to employees? For example, the total payroll tax amount imposed by the government is 15.3%, […]
