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 …

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 …

lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle model, we find that redistribution through the tax-and-transfer system … risk. Progressive taxation of annual earnings provides little insurance against lifetime earnings risk. The lifetime … insurance effects of taxation may be improved by moving to a progressive tax on lifetime earnings. Similarly, the lifetime …

lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle model, we find that redistribution through the tax-and -transfer system … risk. Progressive taxation of annual earnings provides little insurance against lifetime earnings risk. The lifetime … insurance effects of taxation may be improved by moving to a progressive tax on lifetime earnings. Similarly, the lifetime …