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The Optimal Taxation of Labour Income

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  • Revesz, John T

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A dual framework involving two posttax earning parameters, the net wage rate and notional lump-sum income, leads to a number of novel ideas, including an explicit solution for the variational model originated by Mirrlees; the finding that a basic property of efficient taxation is to place as much as possible of the tax in the form of lump-sum commitment; and indication on theoretically more efficient alternatives to income taxation.

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  • Revesz, John T, 1989. "The Optimal Taxation of Labour Income," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 44(3), pages 453-475.
    • Handle: RePEc:pfi:pubfin:v:44:y:1989:i:3:p:453-75
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    1. Boadway, Robin & Jacquet, Laurence, 2008. "Optimal marginal and average income taxation under maximin," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 143(1), pages 425-441, November.
    2. Maciej Dudek & Paweł Dudek & Konrad Walczyk, 2023. "Optimal Labour Income Taxation in Poland: The Case of High-Income Earners," Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, issue 1, pages 41-65.
    3. Ravi Kanbur & Matti Tuomala, 2024. "How Does Predistribution Affect Redistribution?," Working Papers 19, Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research.
    4. Colombino Ugo, 2012. "A microeconometric-computational approach to empirical optimal taxation: outline of a project," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers 201218, University of Turin.
    5. Matti Tuomala, 2010. "On optimal non-linear income taxation: numerical results revisited," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 17(3), pages 259-270, June.
    6. Emmanuel Saez, 2001. "Using Elasticities to Derive Optimal Income Tax Rates," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 68(1), pages 205-229.
    7. Revesz, John T, 1998. "Some Comments on the Reply by Saez and the Article by Homburg [Comparing Elasticities-Based Optimal Income Tax Formulas] [An Axiomatic Proof of Mirrlees' Formula]," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 53(3-4), pages 486-488.
    8. Rolf Aaberge & Ugo Colombino, 2014. "Labour Supply Models," Contributions to Economic Analysis, in: Handbook of Microsimulation Modelling, volume 127, pages 167-221, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    9. John T. Revesz, 2014. "A Numerical Model of Optimal Differentiated Indirect Taxation," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 211(4), pages 9-66, December.

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