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the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …
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the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …
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metric for optimal carbon prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the level of the social … cost of carbon, but mostly neglects a major source of inequality - heterogeneity in income below the national level. We … inequality between and within countries. In particular, we demonstrate that climate and distributional policy cannot be separated …
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This paper examines how income inequality can affect the polarization of heterogeneous party platforms on climate … distributional implications) and an income tax is combined with a model of a carbonintensive economy. For a higher inequality of pre … equilibrium can increase - even if the income tax is used to counteract the increase in income inequality. This result does not …
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Can taxes on consumption redistribute in developing countries? Contrary to consensus, we show that taxing consumption is progressive once we account for informal consumption. Using household expenditure surveys in 32 countries we proxy for informal consumption using the type of store where...
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deserve tax breaks. We demonstrate that the German tax-transfer system conflicts with a welfarist inequality averse social … planner. It is consistent with a planner who is averse to both inequality and high tax liabilities. The tax-transfer schedule … European countries and the USA and show that their redistributive systems can be rationalized with an inequality averse social …
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on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …
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on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …
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We study the implications of limited commitment on education and tax policies chosen by benevolent governments. Individual wages are determined by both innate abilities and education levels. Consistent with real world practices, the government can decide to subsidize different levels of...
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