We study the optimal taxation of risk-free and excess capital income with heterogeneous rates of return, alongside an … optimal nonlinear earnings tax. Households can hold three assets: one risk-free, one risky but diversifiable, and one a … private investment with idiosyncratic risk whose expected return differs among households. Contrary to expectations, the …

We study the optimal taxation of risk-free and excess capital income with heterogeneous rates of return, alongside an … optimal nonlinear earnings tax. Households can hold three assets: one risk-free, one risky but diversifiable, and one a … private investment with idiosyncratic risk whose expected return differs among households. Contrary to expectations, the …

This paper examines whether risk-taking in a lottery depends on the opportunity to respond to the lottery outcome …/or extra labor effort. We find strong evidence that ex-post access to labor opportunities reduces ex-ante risk willingness … while access to tax evasion has no effect on risk behavior. We discuss possible explanations for this result based on the …

ex ante identical households and the no-risk case with heterogeneous abilities come out as special cases. -- optimal … income ; taxation ; wage risk …

ex ante identical households and the no-risk case with heterogeneous abilities come out as special cases …

The expected utility formulation of the problem of a risk-averse agent's allocating a portfolio between a safe and a … exhibiting constant relative risk aversion and the probability distribution of the risky asset as binomial, and take the riskless …

The expected utility formulation of the problem of a risk-averse agent's allocating a portfolio between a safe and a … exhibiting constant relative risk aversion and the probability distribution of the risky asset as binomial, and take the riskless …

labor productivity risk, show that it has a wealth distribution that matches the data well, and then use it to characterize …

asset in the immediate prior period was a more important determinant of risk-taking …