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On the Desirability of Taxing Charitable Contributions
Blumkin, Tomer - 2007
We develop a model that allows for public goods and status signaling through charitable contributions. This model provides a unified framework in which contributions are driven both by altruism and status signaling. We use this setup to re-examine the conventional practice of rendering a...
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The Intergenerational Welfare State
Andersen, Torben M. - 2013
The welfare state is not merely a stand-in for missing markets; it can do a whole lot more. When generations overlap and the young must borrow to make educational investments, a dynamically-efficient welfare state, by taxing the middle-aged and offering a compensatory old-age pension, can...
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Resolving Intergenerational Conflict Over the Environment Under the Pareto Criterion
Andersen, Torben M. - 2016
We describe a “business as usual” (BAU) economy in which pollution is a by-product of productive activity by the current generation but “damages” production for future generations. Over time, conditions in the BAU economy become dire: it gets increasingly polluted, consumption falls and...
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Taxing Children : The Re-Distributive Role of Child Benefits - Revisited
Blumkin, Tomer - 2010
earning ability, family size can be used as a 'tagging' device, and calls for subsidizing children (via child allowances) to … enhance egalitarian objectives. We show that the case for subsidizing children crucially hinges on child allowances being … provided on a universal basis. Notably, when child benefits are means-tested, taxing children at the margin (namely, setting …
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