Data and replication archives from my research is available below. If the data you are interested in are not available here or you have questions about the archives, please contact me directly at kenneth.scheve@yale.edu.
Comparative Income Taxation Database
The Comparative Income Taxation Database consists of yearly data on the top marginal income tax rate for a legal individual, as well as information on the threshold at which the top marginal rate applies, what law governs the taxation of incomes, and the source of this information (law or consulted literature). The sample of countries included in the data set consists of 20 countries. The time period covered for each country is 1800 (or independence) to 2010.
The data is available here.
If you use this data in your research please include the following two citations:
Genovese, Federica, Kenneth Scheve, and David Stasavage. 2016. “Comparative Income Taxation Database.”
Scheve, Kenneth, and David Stasavage. 2016. Taxing the Rich: A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe. Princeton and New York: Princeton University Press and Russell Sage Foundation.
Comparative Inheritance Taxation Database
The Comparative Inheritance Taxation Database consists of yearly data on the top marginal inheritance tax rate for a child, as well as information on exemptions, the level from which the top marginal rate applies, what law governs the taxation of inheritances, and the source of this law. The sample of countries included in the data set consists of 19 countries. The time period covered for each country is 1800 (or independence) to 2009.
The data is available here.
If you use this data in your research please include the following two citations:
Plagge, Arnd, Kenneth Scheve, and David Stasavage. 2011. “Comparative Inheritance Taxation Database.” Yale University, ISPS Data Archive.
Scheve, Kenneth, and David Stasavage. 2012. “Democracy, War, and Wealth: Evidence from Two Centuries of Inheritance Taxation.” American Political Science Review Vol. 106 No. 1 (February): 82-102.
Replication Archives
2018. “Inequality and Redistribution Behavior in a Give-or-Take Game” (with Michael Bechtel and Roman Liesch). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Replication archive at Dataverse.
2017. “Who Cooperates? Reciprocity and the Causal Effect of Expected Cooperation in Representative Samples” (with Michael M. Bechtel). Journal of Experimental Political Science 4:206-228. Replication archive at Dataverse.
2017. “Interests, Norms, and Support for the Provision of Global Public Goods: the Case of Climate Co-operation” (with Michael M. Bechtel and Federica Genovese). British Journal of Political Science. Replication archive at Dataverse.
2017. “The Structure of American Income Tax Policy Preferences” (with Cameron Ballard-Rosa and Lucy Martin). Journal of Politics. Replication archive at Dataverse.
2016. “Self-Centered Inequity Aversion and the Mass Politics of Taxation” (with Xiaobo Lu). Comparative Political Studies. Replication archive at Dataverse.
2016. Taxing the Rich: A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe (with David Stasavage). Princeton and New York: Princeton University Press and Russell Sage Foundation. Replication archive at Princeton University Press.
2014. “Technology and the Era of the Mass Army” (with Massimiliano Onorato and David Stasavage). Journal of Economic History. Replication archive at Dataverse.
2013. “Mass support for global climate agreements depends on institutional design” (with Michael Bechtel). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Replication archive at Dataverse.
2012. “Inequity Aversion and the International Distribution of Trade Protection” (with Xiaobo Lu and Matthew Slaughter). American Journal of Political Science Vol. 56 No. 3 (July):638-655. This paper was originally entitled“Envy, Altruism, and the International Distribution of Trade Protection” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper #15700. Replication archive at ISPS.
2012. “Democracy, War, and Wealth: Evidence from Two Centuries of Inheritance Taxation” (with David Stasavage). American Political Science Review Vol. 106 No. 1 (February):82-102. Replication archive at ISPS.
2010. “The Conscription of Wealth: Mass Warfare and the Demand for Progressive Taxation” (with David Stasavage). International Organization Vol. 64 (Fall):529-61. Replication archive at ISPS.
2010. “Social Identity, Electoral Institutions, and the Number of Candidates” (with Eric Dickson). British Journal of Political Science Vol. 40 No. 2:349-375. Replication archive.
2009. “Institutions, Partisanship, and Inequality in the Long Run” (with David Stasavage). World Politics Vol. 61 No. 2 (April):215-53. Replication archive.
2007. “Estimating the Effect of Elite Communications on Public Opinion Using Instrumental Variables” (with Matthew Gabel). American Journal of Political Science Vol. 51 No. 4 (October):1013-1028. Replication archive.
2007. “Public Finance and Individual Preferences over Globalization Strategies” (with Gordon H. Hanson and Matthew J. Slaughter). Economics and Politics Vol. 19 No. 1 (March):1-33. Replication archive.
2006. “Religion and Preferences for Social Insurance” (with David Stasavage). Quarterly Journal of Political Science Vol. 1 No. 3:255-286. Replication archive.
2004. “Economic Insecurity and the Globalization of Production” (with Matthew J. Slaughter). American Journal of Political Science Vol. 48 No. 4 (October):662-674. Reprinted in David R. Cameron, Gustav Ranis, and Annalisa Zinn (eds.), Globalization and Self-Determination, New York: Routledge, 2006. Replication archive.
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