If you believe Zucman et al, 20-30% of ultra-high net worth tax is evaded. So gotta assume there’s a lot of it about.
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Replying to @DanNeidle @iaincampbell07 and
A critical assumption in
@gabriel_zucman’s Hidden Wealth of Nations - percentage of undeclared wealth in Switzerl’d - is unsourced/hardcoded1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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Replying to @DanNeidle @iaincampbell07 and
rather astonishing, since all his widely-publicized estimates of tax evasion ($5-6 trillion, etc) derive in large part from this number2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JEG_Booth96 @iaincampbell07 and
I’m not really competent to assess -
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Replying to @DanNeidle @JEG_Booth96 and
It’s true Zucman’s tax evasion $$’s are based partly on an estimate of how much of a limited sample of Swiss undeclared wealth was evaded
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Replying to @phdskat @DanNeidle and
As I recall, that estimate is based on an actual comparison based on leaked data. So there is a basis, albeit limited & up for discussion
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Replying to @phdskat @DanNeidle and
Ok. But neither his book, nor the appendix he carried on his website made any attribution for the (seemingly leaked) data. It is hard-coded
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Replying to @JEG_Booth96 @phdskat and
I think it is an assumption based on this paper by Johannsen on European Savings Directive? http://www.econ.ku.dk/eprn_epru/Workings_Papers/wp-10-05.pdf …
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Replying to @JEG_Booth96 @phdskat and
should be this one: http://gabriel-zucman.eu/files/JohannesenZucman2014 …
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