Atkinson, Anthony Barnes - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 82 (2013) 1, pp. 101-109
Optimal tax arguments were employed by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer when he justified cutting the top rate of income tax. This article sets out the underlying argument, which is that made in the Mirrlees Review of taxation in the UK, and identifies seven reasons why their analysis may not...