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Optimal income taxation and the shape of average tax rates

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Jean HINDRIKS () (Université Catholique de Louvain - Department of Economics and CORE)
Etienne LEHMANN () (ERMES - Université Paris 2, Université Catholique de Louvain - Department of Economics and IZA)
Alexis PARMENTIER () (Université Catholique de Louvain - Department of Economics)

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We investigate whether the optimal income tax model of Mirrlees (1971) can reproduce the empirically observed increasing average tax rates. We give a necessary condition and exhibit two examples where the optimal average tax rates are increasing.

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Volume (Year): 8 (2006)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Pages: 1-6
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Keywords: average tax rates Optimal income taxation

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  1. Robin Boadway & Katherine Cuff & Maurice Marchand, 1999. "Optimal Income Taxation With Quasi-Linear Preferences Revisited," Working Papers 984, Queen's University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Seade, Jesus, 1982. "On the Sign of the Optimum Marginal Income Tax," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 49(4), pages 637-43, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Mirrlees, James A, 1971. "An Exploration in the Theory of Optimum Income Taxation," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 38(114), pages 175-208, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Saez, Emmanuel, 2001. "Using Elasticities to Derive Optimal Income Tax Rates," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 68(1), pages 205-29, January.
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  5. Herwig Immervoll, 2004. "Average and Marginal Effective Tax Rates Facing Workers in the EU: A Micro-Level Analysis of Levels, Distributions and Driving Factors," OECD Social Employment and Migration Working Papers 19, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. [Downloadable!]
  6. Diamond, Peter A, 1998. "Optimal Income Taxation: An Example with a U-Shaped Pattern of Optimal Marginal Tax Rates," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 88(1), pages 83-95, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Robin, BOADWAY & Laurence, JACQUET, 2006. "Optimal Marginal and Average Income Taxation under Maxi-min," Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques Working Paper 2006020, Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques. [Downloadable!]
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