[eng] This article studies the effects of a reform that would replace value added tax (VAT), a levy chiefly assessed on final household consumption, with social contributions assessed on wages. We discuss the conditions in which such a measure is not neutral for the economy. We then offer an...

We study how asymmetric information affects the set of rationalizable solutions in a linear setup where the outcome is determined by forecasts about this same outcome. The unique rational expectations equilibrium is also the unique rationalizable solution when the sensitivity of the outcome to...

This note characterizes the optimal base for commodity taxation in the presence of administrative fixed costs varying across goods. For low tax rates, the optimal base only comprises commodities whose discouragement index is greater than the ratio of their administrative costs to the tax they...