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Asymmetric and Non-Atmospheric Consumption Externalities, and Efficient Consumption Taxation
Eckerstorfer, Paul - 2013
non-welfarist government tolerates less inequality than a welfarist one. In the welfarist (non-welfarist) case, first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088502
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Asymmetric and non-atmospheric consumption externalities, and efficient consumption taxation
Eckerstorfer, Paul; Wendner, Ronald - 2013
non-welfarist government tolerates less inequality than a welfarist one. In the welfarist (non-welfarist) case, first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738818
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Consumption Externality, Endogenous Impatience, and Macroeconomic Efficiency
Chen, Been-Lon; Hsu, Mei - 2006
Existing studies find that consumption externalities do not cause inefficiency in the long run unless choices of leisure are allowed for. This paper considers the role of endogenous impatience in a neoclassical growth model with consumption externalities. We find that consumption externalities...
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Chapter 10 Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007
This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities—and the mapping between these functions and various...
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A unified perspective on efficiency, redistribution, and public policy
Kaplow, Louis - 2020
Specialized theoretical and empirical research should in principle be embedded in a unified framework that identifies the relevant interactions among different phenomena, enables an appropriate matching of policy instruments to objectives, and grounds normative analysis in individuals' utilities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174286
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Environmental Policy and Capital Movements: The Role of Government Commitment
Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I. - 2003
the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325033
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Optimal taxation when the tax burden matters
Jessen, Robin; Metzing, Maria; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2022
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012876120
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Optimal taxation under different concepts of justness
Jessen, Robin; Metzing, Maria; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2017
A common assumption in the optimal taxation literature is that the social planner maximizes a welfarist social welfare function with weights decreasing with income. However, high transfer withdrawal rates in many countries imply very low weights for the working poor in practice. We reconcile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721431
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Environmental policy and capital movements : the role of government commitment
Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I. - 2003
the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011589500
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Optimal taxation under different concepts of justness
Jessen, Robin; Metzing, Maria; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2017
A common assumption in the optimal taxation literature is that the social planner maximizes a welfarist social welfare function with weights decreasing with income. However, high transfer withdrawal rates in many countries imply very low weights for the working poor in practice. We reconcile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729171