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Inequality minimising subsidy and taxation

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  • Satya R. Chakravarty

    (Indian Statistical Institute
    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)

  • Palash Sarkar

    (Indian Statistical Institute)

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We address the problem of procuring a certain amount of tax from the individuals in a society together with allocating a specific quantity of subsidy to the same set of individuals in an inequality minimising manner, where the tax and subsidy sizes need not be the same. If the combined tax-subsidy schedule does not modify the aggregate income, then Fei’s (Econometrica 49:869–881, 1981) inequality minimising solution for a balanced budget plan becomes a particular case of our tax-subsidy program, considered in a more general and practical situation in which the subsidy and tax aggregates may not be equal.

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  • Satya R. Chakravarty & Palash Sarkar, 2022. "Inequality minimising subsidy and taxation," Economic Theory Bulletin, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 10(1), pages 53-67, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:etbull:v:10:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1007_s40505-022-00218-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s40505-022-00218-2
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    Keywords

    Subsidy; Tax; Minimum inequality; Constrained equal award; Lorenz domination;
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    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies

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