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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth

Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006

This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory...

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Distributional and welfare effects of replacing monetary benefits with iniversal basic income in Spain

Badenes Plá, Nuria; Gambau-Suelves, Borja; Navas … - 2019

This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the …

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Taxation and Political Stability

Estrada, Fernando; Mutascu, Mihai Ioan; Tiwari, Aviral Kumar - 2011

The present study is, in particular, an attempt to test the relationship between tax level and political stability by using some economic control variables and to see the relationship among government effectiveness, corruption, and GDP. For the purpose, we used the Vector Autoregression (VAR)...

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Cooperation, Fast and Slow : Meta-Analytic Evidence for a Theory of Social Heuristics and Self-Interested Deliberation

Rand, David G. - 2016

Does cooperating require the inhibition of selfish urges? Or does “rational” self-interest constrain cooperative impulses? I investigated the role of intuition and deliberation in cooperation by meta-analyzing 67 studies in which cognitive-processing manipulations were applied to economic...

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Health, responsibility and taxation with a fresh start

Calo-Blanco, Aitor - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 8 (2017) 2, pp. 177-199

In a model where individuals differ in both their health care needs and their lifestyle preferences, we examine the fair provision of health care when those who regret their initial decisions are granted a fresh start. By considering that each agent chooses how to allocate a given amount of...

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The economic growth and income distribution implications of public spending and tax decisions

Darvas, Zsolt M. - 2020

The level and composition of public expenditures and revenues both have implications for economic development, as shown by the 'fiscal multiplier' and the 'quality of public finance' literature. Public finance decisions also influence the distribution of income. Based on a review of the...

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Vertical and horizontal redistribution : the case of Western and Eastern Europe

Bussolo, Maurizio; Krolage, Carla; Makovec, Mattia; … - 2018

European countries have the world's most redistributive tax and transfer systems. While they have been well equipped to deal with vertical inequality - that is, fostering redistribution from the rich to the poor - less is known about their performance in dealing with horizontal inequality, that...

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Optimal tax progressivity : an analytical framework

Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil; Violante, … - 2014 - This version: JANUARY 30, 2014

What shapes the optimal degree of progressivity of the tax and transfer system? On the one hand, a progressive tax … earnings risk. At the same time, progressivity reduces incentives to work and to invest in skills, and aggravates the …, and market structure parameters influence the optimal degree of progressivity. A calibration for the U.S. economy …

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Comparing redistributive efficiency of tax-benefit systems in Europe

Mantovani, Daniela - 2018

In empirical analysis, the Kakwani index is the most frequently used indicator for comparing progressivity across …

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Taxes, wage capitalization and the ability of states to redistribute income

Giertz, Seth H.; Ramezani, Rasoul - 2018

Local and state governments attempt to lessen after-tax income inequality via progressive taxation. Migration responses … redistributive effects from taxation are fully capitalized into gross wages leaving after-tax wages unchanged. Empirical evidence has …

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