Optimal taxation under different concepts of justness
"A common assumption in the optimal taxation literature is that the social planner maximizes a welfarist social welfare function with weights decreasing with income. However, high transfer withdrawal rates in many countries imply very low weights for the working poor in practice. We reconcile t...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin
2017
DIW |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19397025124911152079-optimal-taxation-under-differe.htm |
