Bilancini, Ennio; Boncinelli, Leonardo - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (2019) 2019-32, pp. 1-35
The authors investigate the desirability of income taxes when the objective is to mitigate wasteful conspicuous … income distribution matters) inequality and taxation are substitutes. Instead, when status is cardinal (i.e., also the shape … of the income distribution matters) inequality and taxation can be complements, although the relationship is in general …