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Optimal carbon taxation and horizontal equity : a welfare theoretic approach with application to German household data
Hänsel, Martin C.; Franks, Max; Kalkuhl, Matthias; … - 2021
We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by …-efficient households if and only if social inequality aversion is sufficiently high. We further find that redistribution of carbon tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485343
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Aunified perspective on efficiency, redistribution, and public policy
Kaplow, Louis - In: National tax journal 73 (2020) 2, pp. 429-472
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517986
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A unified perspective on efficiency, redistribution, and public policy
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174286
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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 monetary benefits currently in place in the Spanish system were to be replaced by a neutral alternative in terms of spending, granting a universal basic income (UBI) to everyone. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008734
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Paradoxes of social policy : welfare transfers, relative poverty, and redistribution preferences
Brady, David; Bostic, Amie - 2015
Korpi and Palme's (1998) classic "The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality" claims that universal … preferences for redistribution. We analyze rich democracies like Korpi and Palme, but we also generalize to a broader sample of … share and universalism; (2) redistribution preferences are negatively associated with low-income targeting; and (3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035065
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Alternative government spending rules : effects on income inequality and welfare
Lim, Guay C.; McNelis, Paul D. - In: Macroeconomic dynamics 17 (2013) 7, pp. 1496-1518
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226472
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Should income inequality be praised? : multiple public goods provision, income distribution and social welfare
Itaya, Jun-ichi; Mizushima, Atsue - 2016
voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568762
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Higher Minimum Quality Standards and Redistributive Effects on Consumer Welfare
Kotschedoff, Marco J.W. - 2020
This paper estimates an individual level demand model for eggs differentiated by animal welfare. Typically, after minimum quality standards for eggs are raised, the price of higher quality eggs falls. As a result, consumer welfare is redistributed from households who do not value animal welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012851862
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The Redistributive Effects of Monetary Policy
Andrei, Daniel - 2017
redistribution channel is independent from other previously studied channels. Our model's theoretical predictions are supported by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960607
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Should Income Inequality Be Praised? Multiple Public Goods Provision, Income Distribution and Social Welfare
Itaya, Jun-ichi - 2017
voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965708