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This paper applies the theory of relational contracts to make precise the idea that because households are engaged in a repeated non-cooperative game, Pareto efficient outcomes can be supported by self interest, given the specific pattern of specialisation and exchange which exists in the...
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This paper applies the theory of relational contracts to make precise the idea that because households are engaged in a repeated non-cooperative game, Pareto efficient outcomes can be supported by self interest, given the specific pattern of specialisation and exchange which exists in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999151
external threat points (divorce) into the microsimulation of tax policy reforms in France. Following the suggestion of McElroy … analysis is provided in order to examine the various implications from using the cooperative model for tax policy analysis and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262203
In this paper, we analyze the impact of a tax policy change on social welfare by using jointly a collective model of … unobserved dimensions related to effort or intensity at work. We simulate an extended version of the British Working Family Tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262173
In order to credibly sell legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271277
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565196
household income and consumption by an equivalence scale. We argue that this leads to support for tax/transfer policies that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270004
The Mirrlees Review of the UK tax system, together with its companion volume of research papers, can be expected to … influence future discussions of tax reform. Indeed, this can already be recognised in the Henry Review. As far as income … expenditure taxation, by exempting the normal return to saving and taxing only excess returns on the same tax schedule as labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287613
This paper presents for the first time the properties of optimal piecewise linear tax systems for two-earner households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287625
The Mirrlees Review of the UK tax system, together with its companion volume of research papers, can be expected to … influence future discussions of tax reform. Indeed, this can already be recognised in the Henry Review. As far as income … expenditure taxation, by exempting the "normal return" to saving and taxing only "excess returns" on the same tax schedule as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552954