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A Model of Horizontal Inequality

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Paul Makdissi () (GREDI, Département d'économique, Université de Sherbrooke)
Dorothée Boccanfuso () (GREDI, Faculte d'administration, Université de Sherbrooke)
Mathieu Audet () (GREDI, Faculte d'administration, Université de Sherbrooke)

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Abstract

The concept of horizontal inequality is generally used in economics to refer to the unequal treatment of equal individuals by the fiscal system. For example, an economic system can treat unequally two individuals who hold identical levels of production factors. The following note will present a method that allows us to identify the level of horizontal inequality of an economic system.

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Paper provided by Departement d'Economique de la Faculte d'administration à l'Universite de Sherbrooke in its series Cahiers de recherche with number 06-06.

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Keywords: Horizontal Inequality

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  1. Paul Makdissi & Dorothée Boccanfuso & Mathieu Audet, 2006. "The Geographic Determinants of Poverty in Albania," Cahiers de recherche 06-12, Departement d'Economique de la Faculte d'administration à l'Universite de Sherbrooke. [Downloadable!]
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