taxation, commodity taxation, tax expenditures, externalities, public goods, capital income and wealth taxation, social … security and retirement savings, estate and gift taxation, and transfer programs. It also explores welfare criteria and … examines how their consideration enables the normative analysis of the taxation of families, heterogeneous preferences, and tax …

voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged. …

voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged …

approach highlights the importance of distortionary taxation and distributional concerns. The new approach neutralizes … public good without imposing any separability assumptions on preferences. This formula shows that distortionary taxation may …

. -- optimal nonlinear income taxation ; modified Samuelson rule ; Veblen effects …

costs of redistribution of future generations as well …

media can be biased. I develop a theory of media capture in which the rich can influence information published in a media …

media can be biased. I develop a theory of media capture in which the rich can influence information published in a media …