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The Dubious Case for Annual Wealth Taxation

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  • Boadway, Robin
  • Pestieau, Pierre

    (Université catholique de Louvain, LIDAM/CORE, Belgium)

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  • Boadway, Robin & Pestieau, Pierre, 2021. "The Dubious Case for Annual Wealth Taxation," LIDAM Reprints CORE 3156, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvrp:3156
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies

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