We examine empirically the relationship between the extent of redistribution and the components of the Mirrlees … incomes. Our redistributive preference measure is constructed using the optimal tax formula for which we have collected data … because pre-specified functional forms are not easy to justify in empirical investigations of the optimal tax framework. We …

How does the public provision of education and the deployment of distortionary tax and subsidy instruments differ when … of opportunity? This paper develops a framework in which the tax and provision rules in the two settings can be easily …

This paper presents an analysis of the consequences for redistribution policies of achieving a more equal …

develop a framework in which the tax and education provision rules in the welfarist and non-welfarist/equality of opportunity …