law inequality in the distribution of wealth and income in an economic system. This inequality is presumed to be the … actors, all having equal access to its total wealth (or income) has been developed that is formally represented by a scale …-free network comprised of nodes (actors) and links (states of wealth or income). The dynamic evolution of the complex network can …

-seeking preferences justify heavier taxation of income because this serves to internalise the negative externality that the pursuit of … function in such a model, and discuss potential implications for optimal income taxation. … status imposes on others. In a model where status depends on both income and effort, we show that the optimal corrective tax …

While rent taxation in some theories is neutral, and the tax rate could not be set to one hundred percent to minimize …