, we show the concept of equilibrium with dividends (See Aumann and Dreze (1986), Mas-Collel (1992)) is pertinent only when … from the fact that in decentralized markets, increasing the incomes of consumers through dividends, if it is possible, is …

This paper analyses the optimal taxation of dividends and other types of income from portfolio investment. We show that …, in an open economy, it is not desirable to offer double taxation relief for dividends paid by domestic firms to domestic … dividend income at the household level. A reduction of the tax burden on dividends is therefore merely an undesirable subsidy …