of the policy maker for insurance against idiosyncratic shocks and redistribution among agents of different abilities …. Such insurance and redistribution can be achieved by progressive labor income taxes or taxation of capital income, or both … and redistribution role of the income tax system …

facing uninsurable idiosyncratic labor income risk. The Ramsey government internalizes the general equilibrium feedback of … optimal aggregate saving rate is independent of income risk. The optimal time-invariant tax on capital is increasing in income … risk. Its sign depends on the extent of risk and on the Pareto weight of future generations. If the Ramsey tax rate that …

facing uninsurable idiosyncratic labor income risk. The Ramsey government internalizes the general equilibrium feedback of … optimal aggregate saving rate is independent of income risk. The optimal time-invariant tax on capital is increasing in income … risk. Its sign depends on the extent of risk and on the Pareto weight of future generations. If the Ramsey tax rate that …

facing uninsurable idiosyncratic labor income risk. The Ramsey government internalizes the general equilibrium effects of … exhibits an optimal aggregate saving rate that is independent of income risk, whereas the optimal time-invariant tax on capital … implementing this saving rate is increasing in income risk. The optimal saving rate is constant along the transition and its sign …

facing uninsurable idiosyncratic labor income risk. The Ramsey government internalizes the general equilibrium effects of … aggregate saving rate that is independent of income risk, whereas the optimal time-invariant tax on capital implementing this … saving rate is increasing in income risk. The optimal saving rate is constant along the transition and its sign depends on …