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Nonlinear Taxation and Punishment

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Andersson, Tommy () (Department of Economics, Lund University)

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The paper analyzes nonlinear tax schedules that are identified by maximizing a welfare function represented by a weighted summation of net utilities over a set of n>=3 differing individuals. We demonstrate that some of the feasible and Pareto efficient tax schedules that satisfy self-selection can only be identified by maximizing a welfare function of the above form if (at least) one of the individuals in the economy is assigned a negative weight.

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Paper provided by Lund University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 2005:41.

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Length: 10 pages
Date of creation: 30 Sep 2005
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Publication status: Published in International Journal of Economic Theory, 2007, pages 49-58.
Handle: RePEc:hhs:lunewp:2005_041

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Keywords: Nonlinear taxation; Pareto efficiency; self-selection; welfare weights;

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D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information
H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation

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  1. Tommy Andersson, 2007. "A Note on Nonlinear Income Taxes and the Utility Possibility Set," Economics Bulletin, Economics Bulletin, vol. 8(5), pages 1-8. [Downloadable!]
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