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Income inequality and the welfare state : how redistributive is the public sector?
Obst, Thomas - 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/10010210535
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A unified perspective on efficiency, redistribution, and public policy
Kaplow, Louis - 2020
Specialized theoretical and empirical research should in principle be embedded in a unified framework that identifies the relevant interactions among different phenomena, enables an appropriate matching of policy instruments to objectives, and grounds normative analysis in individuals' utilities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174286
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Chapter 10 Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007
This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities—and the mapping between these functions and various...
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Optimal provision of public goods : a synthesis
Thustrup Kreiner, Claus (contributor);  … - 2008
There currently exist two competing approaches in the literature on the optimal provision of public goods. The standard approach highlights the importance of distortionary taxation and distributional concerns. The new approach neutralizes distributional concerns by adjusting the non-linear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762497
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Optimal nonlinear redistributive taxation and public good provision in an economy with Veblen effects
Micheletto, Luca - 2009
This paper deals with the consequences of the assumption of negatively interdependent preferences for the shape of the optimal nonlinear income tax and the effcient level of public good provision in a setting where the policy maker maximizes an inequality averse social welfare function and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003823276
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Redistribution between Rich and Poor Countries
Stewart, Miranda - 2018
The topic of redistribution between rich and poor countries opens a can of worms. This paper first inquires into what … we mean by some of these words and second, considers the role of taxation in redistribution. It briefly considers the … various modes of redistribution to address poverty and inequality, including the role of taxation, within a country before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925020
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More Public Goods, Larger Government, and More Redistribution
Kishishita, Daiki; Yamagishi, Atsushi; Matsumoto, Tomoko - 2021
redistribution. We conduct an online survey experiment in which the treatment group is informed of the universal benefits from public … politically achieve redistribution through expanding the government size without reducing policy progressivity. Our results also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215929
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Optimal Nonlinear Redistributive Taxation and Public Good Provision in an Economy with Veblen Effects
Micheletto, Luca - 2009
This paper deals with the consequences of the assumption of negatively interdependent preferences for the shape of the optimal nonlinera income tax and the efficient level of public good provision in a setting where the policy maker maximizes an inequality averse social welfare function and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719410
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The Distributional Impact of Public Goods Provision : A Veil of Ignorance Approach
Thum, Claudio; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2013
This paper considers the redistribution implied by different tax-benefit systems by using the 'veil of ignorance …' approach. Redistribution from rich to poor is interpreted as an insurance from a (hypothetical) ex ante situation in which … individuals lack any knowledge about their future income situation. Taking redistribution and insurance as synonymous, the paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175493
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Income Taxation and Optimal Government Policy
Kaplow, Louis - 2005
Various economic literatures address the question whether first-best prescriptions for government policy require modification because redistributive income taxation distorts labor supply and cannot achieve the distributive ideal. Perhaps second-best rules for public goods provision, corrective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061860