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 …

We revisit the classical result that financing a pure public good through taxation of private consumption is … ; taxation ; contests ; lotteries …

involuntary part-time hours for workers such as airplane cabin cleaners, baggage handlers and cargo ramp operators, shuttle bus …