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Excess burden of criminality and redistribution

Demougin, Dominique; Schwager, Robert - 2000

of wealthy agents to finance redistribution. We compare this approach with standard modelling where redistribution …

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Heterogeneity, Redistribution, and the FriedmanRule

Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph H.; Martin, Antoine - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2004

We study several popular monetary models which generate a non-degenerate stationary distribution of money holdings. Across these environments, our principal finding is as follows: a monetary policy that sets long run nominal interest rates to zero (the Friedman rule) does not typically maximize...

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Low inequality with low redistribution?An analysis of income distribution in Japan, SouthKorea and Taiwan compared to Britain

Jacobs, Didier - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000

(except for Japan because of datalimitations). According to national family income and expendituresurveys, income inequality … social security system does not generate muchvertical redistribution. However, income redistribution takes placewithin the … family cell between people with and without work.Compared to the British situation, there are very few worklesshouseholds in …

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Social Security, Redistribution and Public Opinion

Hills, John; Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

John Hills and Orsolya Lelkes have analysed results from the National Centrefor Social Research’s 1998 British Social Attitudes survey on public attitudes toredistribution and social security benefits and at how these relate to currentgovernment policies.There is a persistent public appetite...

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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - Århus Universitet; Universität <Göttingen> / …; … - 2009

less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …

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Productivity, Welfare and Reallocation:Theory and Firm-Level Evidence

Basu, Susanto; Pascali, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio - Boston College / Department of Economics - 2010

We prove that in a closed economy without distortionary taxation, the welfare of a representativeconsumer is summarized to a rst order by the current and expected future values of the Solowproductivity residual in level and by the initial endowment of capital. The equivalence holds if...

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Recent Changes in the Distribution of the Social Wage

Sefton, Tom - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

This paper examines the distribution of the “social wage” benefits inkind from welfare services, including the National Health Service, stateeducation, social housing, and personal social services. The currentGovernment has put a strong emphasis on improving public servicesand has begun to...

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Tax-Benefi t Systems in Europe and the US:Between Equity and Effi ciency

Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk.; … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

Whether observed differences in redistributive policies across countries are the result ofdifferences in social preferences or efficiency constraints is an important question that pavesthe debate about the optimality of welfare regimes. To shed new light on this question, weestimate labor supply...

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Fair and Effi cient Taxation under Partial Control:Theory and Evidence

Ooghe, Erwin; Peichl, Andreas - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010

There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want tocompensate others for their … partially controllable one(based on family composition, immigration status, unemployment and education level). Wealso estimate …

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Progressive Taxation and Tax Morale

Doerrenberg, Philipp; Peichl, Andreas - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010

As the link between tax compliance and tax morale is found to be robust, finding thedeterminants of tax morale can help to understand and fight tax evasion. In this paper weanalyze the effect of progressive taxation on tax morale in a cross-country approach – whichhas not been investigated...

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