tax schedules are not allowed to differ across regions, productivity-enhancing inter-regional migration exerts a downward …-(low-)productivity regions should be corrected downwards (upwards) relative to the benchmark without migration. Simulations of the productivity … differences between metropolitan and other areas of the US indicate that migration affects the optimal tax-transfer schedule more …

Combining an intensive labor supply margin with an extensive, productivity-enhancing migration margin, we determine how … regional inequality and labor mobility shape optimal redistribution. We propose the use of delayed optimal-control techniques …-enhancing interregional migration exerts a downward pressure on marginal tax rates. Allowing for regionally differentiated taxation with …

, productivity-enhancing migration margin, we determine how regional inequality and labor mobility affect optimal redistribution …Regional productivity differences provide scope for productivity-enhancing labor mobility. Redistribution reduces … are reduced by several percentage points if productivity enhancing migration is taken into account. Additionally, we study …

We analyze the optimal regional pattern of public employment in an information-constrained second-best redistribution …

redistribution. Within a Mirrleesian economy with earnings, consumption and retirement savings, we derive a novel formula for optimal …

The Ramsey optimal taxation theory implies that the tax rate on capital income should be zero in the long run. This …