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Status, environmental externality, and optimal tax programs

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  • Ronald Wendner

    (Department of Economics, Graz University, Austria)

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This paper studies the designs of optimal tax programs in OLG economies when first, consumption of one household lowers (status) utility of others, and second, consumption harms the environment. Status seeking raises optimal consumption tax rates, and lowers optimal tax rates on capital income.

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  • Ronald Wendner, 2003. "Status, environmental externality, and optimal tax programs," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 8(5), pages 1-10.
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    JEL classification:

    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior

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