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Measuring the marginal efficiency cost of redistribution in the UK
Adam, Stuart - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2005
This paper estimates the marginal efficiency cost of redistribution (MECR) associated with a demogrant and an in … the demogrant. The efficiency loss associated with a marginal in-work benefit has consistently been low (and occasionally … redistribution within family types. The inwork benefit policy looks even more favourable if paid to (and financed by) only singles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005547914
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Many-Person Ramsey Rule and Nonlinear Income Taxation
Gauthier, Stéphane; Henriet, Fanny - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2015
groups. Redistribution from indirect taxes favors households living in rural Quebec …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268211
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Optimal Tax-Transfer Policies, Life-Cycle Labour Supply and Present-Biased Preferences
Gunnersen, Lasse Frisgaard; Rasmussen, Bo Sandemann - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2012
redistribution from high to low ability households and correction of undersaving due to present-biasedness. Policies must comply with … incentive-compatibility constraints that restricts both how much income redistribution that can take place and how much savings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851140
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The economics of taxing net wealth: A survey of the issues
Schnellenbach, Jan - Walter Eucken Institut - 2012
net wealth tax. The efficiency-related effects are also discussed and shown to be theoretically ambiguous, while empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957865
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A Public Finance Perspective on Climate Policy: Six Interactions That May Enhance Welfare
Siegmeier, Jan; Mattauch, Linus; Franks, Max; Klenert, David - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2015
Climate change economics mostly neglects sizeable interactions of carbon pricing with other fiscal policy instruments. Conversely, public finance typically overlooks the effects of future decarbonization efforts when devising instruments for the major goals of fiscal policy. We argue that such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268596
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TAXES AND EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES IN OPTIMAL REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS
Beaudry, Paul; Blackorby, Charles - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2004
market employment. In contrast to much of the optimal income taxation literature, we show that optimal redistribution in this … income tax rate. We also show that workfare may also be used as part of an optimal redistribution program. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005368546
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Taxes and Employment Subsidies in Optimal Redistribution Programs (Revised Version)
Beaudry, Paul; Blackorby, Charles; Szalay, Dezso - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2006
market employment. We show that optimal redistribution in this environment involves distorting market employment upwards for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005368614
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Redistribution, Taxes and the Median Voter
Bassetto, Marco; Benhabib, Jess - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 9 (2006) 2, pp. 211-223
We study a simple model of production, accumulation, and redistribution, where agents are heterogeneous in their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005085512
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Study on the Impacts of Fiscal Devaluation
Netherlands, CPB; CAPP - General Directorate Taxation and Custom Union, European … - 2013
The main research question of the project is summarized as: What are the macroeconomic and distributional consequences of fiscal devaluation for a selection of countries and the EU as a whole? The selected countries are France, Italy, Spain and Austria. The project aims to perform four tasks: 1....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668398
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On Income Inequality and Green Preferences
Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We derive conditions of individual preferences and technology that give rise to a negative correlation between income inequality and environmental protection. We present a class of models (which captures a static model as well as an overlapping-generations model) in which individuals differ in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662063