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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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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...

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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 …

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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...

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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 … voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective … altruistic transfers by Pareto-efficient public redistribution. The chapter is organized as follows. Section 2 presents an …

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Socially responsible investment in general equilibrium

Beltratti, Andrea - 2003

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