Ferriere, Axelle; Grübener, Philipp; Navarro, Gaston; … - 2022
. Quantitatively, the left tail of the income distribution determines optimal transfers, whereas the right tail determines income-tax … demonstrate an optimally negative relation between transfers and income-tax progressivity due to efficiency and redistribution … larger than currently in the U.S. and financed with moderate income-tax progressivity. Transfers are key to implement higher …