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Reform, Lobbies and Welfare: A Common Agency Approach
Testa, Cecilia - Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London - 2001
and third best arguments), we need a theory of inefficient decisions by policy makers. Therefore the following questions … where the policy decisions are a reform and a compensating taxation. The main feature of the reform is that it creates … gainers and losers. Redistributive taxation can be used to compensate losers. Formally, the relationship between the citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005489938
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Inequality, Redistribution and Growth
Meijdam, Lex; Haile, D. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091655
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Income inequality and the welfare state: How redistributive is the public sector?
Obst, Thomas - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Hochschule für … - 2013
This paper explores the nexus between the phenomenon of increasing income inequality and redistributive effects of the public sector. In an empirical analysis of seven OECD countries the redistributive effect will be examined by measuring the difference between inequality of market incomes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955095
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When the Joneses’ Consumption Hurts: Optimal Income Taxation and Public Good Provision in an OLG Model
Aronsson, Thomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2007
income taxation and public good provision, when people care about their relative consumption compared to others. In each case …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005198004
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Conspicuous Leisure: Optimal Income Taxation when both Relative Consumption and Relative Leisure Matter
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009
Previous studies on public policy under relative consumption concerns have ignored the role of leisure comparisons. This paper considers a two-type optimal nonlinear income tax model where people care both about their relative consumption and their relative leisure. Increased consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771203
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Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class Revisited: Implications for Optimal Income Taxation
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010
Almost all previous studies on public policy under relative consumption concerns have ignored the role of leisure for status comparisons. Inspired by Veblen (1899), this paper considers a two-type optimal income tax model, where people care about their relative consumption, and where the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490333
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Monopoly, Inequality and Redistribution via the Public Provision of Private Goods
Moutos, Thomas; Katsimi, Margarita - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2006
The relationship between inequality and redistribution is usually studied under the assumption that the government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125075
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Conspicuous Leisure: Optimal Income Taxation when both Relative Consumption and Relative Leisure Matter
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2009
Previous studies on public policy under relative consumption concerns have ignored the role of leisure comparisons. This paper considers a two-type optimal nonlinear income tax model where people care both about their relative consumption and their relative leisure. Increased consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012479
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Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class Revisited: Implications for Optimal Income Taxation
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2010
Almost all previous studies on public policy under relative consumption concerns have ignored the role of leisure for status comparisons. Inspired by Veblen (1899), this paper considers a two-type optimal income tax model, where people care about their relative consumption, and where the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008483932
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On the political economy of tax limits
Calabrese, Stephen; Epple, Dennis - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2010
We study the political economy of state limitations on the taxing powers of local governments, investigating the effects of such restriction on housing markets, community composition, and types of taxes and expenditures undertaken by local governments. We characterize equilibrium when voters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565926