Politically Feasible Reforms of Non-Linear Tax Systems
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- Felix J. Bierbrauer & Pierre C. Boyer & Andreas Peichl, 2021. "Politically Feasible Reforms of Nonlinear Tax Systems," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 111(1), pages 153-191, January.
- Bierbrauer, Felix & Boyer, Pierre, 2018. "Politically feasible reforms of non-linear tax systems," CEPR Discussion Papers 13059, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
non-linear income taxation; tax reforms; political economy; optimal taxation;JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2017-11-12 (Accounting & Auditing)
- NEP-MIC-2017-11-12 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2017-11-12 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2017-11-12 (Positive Political Economics)
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