The incidence and efficiency losses of taxes have usually been analyzed in isolation from public expenditures. This negligence of the expenditure side may imply a serious misperception of the effects of marginal tax rates. The reason is that part of the marginal tax may in fact be a payment for...

When a poublic good ist excludable it is possible to charge individuals for using the good. We study the role of prices onexcludable public goods using an extension of the Stiglitz-Sternversion of the Mirrlees optimal income tax model. Our discussionincludes both the case where the public good...

When a public good is excludable it is possible to change individuals for using the good. We study the role of prices on excludable public goods using an extention of the Stiglitz-Stern version of the Mirrless optimal income tax model. Our discussion includes both the case whrer the public good...