{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/issues/411","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/issues/411/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/issues/411/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/issues/411/events","html_url":"https://github.com/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/pull/411","id":112907864,"number":411,"title":"update docs for substitution effect, income effect, and itemized deduction surtax switch. ","user":{"login":"MattHJensen","id":8301092,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8301092?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen","html_url":"https://github.com/MattHJensen","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-10-22T22:54:43Z","updated_at":"2015-10-23T20:59:09Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/pulls/411","html_url":"https://github.com/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/pull/411","diff_url":"https://github.com/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/pull/411.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/pull/411.patch"},"body":"I added descriptions for the:\r\n\r\nincome effect:\r\n\r\n\"The taxpayer's taxable income changes according to the product of this parameter and the change in tax liability that would have occurred as a result of specified policy change in the absence of any behavioral response.\"\r\n\r\nand the substitution effect:\r\n\r\n\"The taxpayer's taxable income changes according to the product of this parameter, the taxpayer's taxable income before the policy change, and the percent change in the after tax rate (1-MTR).\" \r\n\r\nI also changed the title of the long_name of ID_BenefitSurtax_switch to \r\n\r\n\"The surtax on itemized deduction benefits applies to the benefits derived from the itemized deductions specified with this parameter.\"\r\n\r\nand I added a description of the ID_BenefitSurtax_switch:\r\n\r\n\"The surtax on itemized deduction benefits applies to the benefits derived from the itemized deductions specified with this parameter.\"\r\n\r\nI think it would be helpful to add a discussion of the elasticity of taxable income more generally, but for now I just wanted to state exactly what the parameters do. \r\n\r\ncc @feenberg, @martinholmer \r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/issues/comments/150691371","html_url":"https://github.com/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/pull/411#issuecomment-150691371","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/Tax-Calculator/issues/411","id":150691371,"user":{"login":"MattHJensen","id":8301092,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8301092?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen","html_url":"https://github.com/MattHJensen","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MattHJensen/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-23T20:59:09Z","updated_at":"2015-10-23T20:59:09Z","body":"Updated and merging. Will continue conversation about take-home share in a minute. "}}