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Analyzing the impact of indirect tax reforms on rank-dependent social welfare functions: a positional dominance approach

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  • Paul Makdissi

    (University of Ottawa [Ottawa])

  • Stéphane Mussard

    (CHROME - Détection, évaluation, gestion des risques CHROniques et éMErgents (CHROME) - Nîmes Université - UNIMES - Nîmes Université)

Abstract

A new approach is developed to identify thorough marginal tax reforms for pairs of commodities and to test for the robustness of their impacts on Yaari's dual social welfare functions. S-concentration curves are provided for every order of positional dominance and an illustration is performed using Canadian data.
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  • Paul Makdissi & Stéphane Mussard, 2008. "Analyzing the impact of indirect tax reforms on rank-dependent social welfare functions: a positional dominance approach," Post-Print hal-02132092, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02132092
    DOI: 10.1007/s00355-007-0237-0
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    1. Paul Makdissi & Myra Yazbeck, 2011. "Assessing the redistributive impact of higher education tuition fees reforms: the case of Quebec," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(2), pages 143-147.
    2. MUSSARD Stéphane & PI ALPERIN Maria Noel & THIREAU Véronique, 2016. "Aggregable Health Inequality Indices," LISER Working Paper Series 2016-11, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
    3. Paul Makdissi & Stéphane Mussard, 2009. "Rank-Dependent Measures of Bi-Polarization and Marginal Tax Reforms," Working Papers 09-29, LAMETA, Universtiy of Montpellier, revised Dec 2009.
    4. Paul Makdissi & Myra Yazbeck, 2012. "On the Measurement of Indignation," Working Papers 1213E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    5. Paul Makdissi & Stéphane Mussard, 2008. "Decomposition of s-concentration curves," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 41(4), pages 1312-1328, November.
    6. Oussama Abi Younes & Leila Dagher & Ibrahim Jamali & Paul Makdissi, 2024. "Quantifying Turbulence: Introducing a Multi-crises Impact Index for Lebanon," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 175(1), pages 1-24, October.
    7. Makdissi Paul & Seif Edine Mohamad, 2020. "Is the Elimination of Food Subsidies the Right Policy to Address Lebanon’s Public Finance Crisis?," Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, De Gruyter, vol. 16(2), pages 1-17, August.
    8. Makdissi, Paul & Yazbeck, Myra, 2014. "Measuring socioeconomic health inequalities in presence of multiple categorical information," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 84-95.
    9. Mickael Beaud & Thierry Blayac & Patrice Bougette & Soufiane Khoudmi & Philippe Mahenc & Stéphane Mussard, 2013. "Estimation du coût d'opportunité des fonds publics pour l'économie française," Studies and Syntheses 14-01, LAMETA, Universtiy of Montpellier, revised Oct 2014.
    10. Paul Makdissi & Myra Yazbeck, 2012. "Avoiding Blinding to Health Status: A New Class of Health Achievement and Inequality Indices," Working Papers 1207E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    11. MAKDISSI Paul & MUSSARD Stéphane, 2006. "Between-Group Transfers and Poverty-Reducing Tax Reforms," IRISS Working Paper Series 2006-10, IRISS at CEPS/INSTEAD.
    12. Khaled, Mohamad A. & Makdissi, Paul & Yazbeck, Myra, 2018. "Income-related health transfers principles and orderings of joint distributions of income and health," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 315-331.
    13. Naouel Chtioui & Mohamed Ayadi, 2018. "Rank-based poverty measures and poverty ordering with an application to Tunisia," Portuguese Economic Journal, Springer;Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, vol. 17(2), pages 117-139, July.
    14. Mohamad Khaled & Paul Makdissi & Myra Yazbeck, 2018. "On the importance of the upside down test in absolute socioeconomic health inequality comparisons," Working Papers 180003, Canadian Centre for Health Economics.
    15. Paul Makdissi & Myra Yazbeck, 2015. "On the measurement of plutonomy," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 44(4), pages 703-717, April.
    16. Wasiu Adekunle Are, 2012. "Poverty-Reducing Directions of Indirect Marginal Tax Reforms in Ireland," Working Papers 201230, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
    17. Patrick GEORGES & Marcel MERETTE, 2009. "Demographic Changes and the Gains from Globalisation: An Overlapping Generations CGE Analysis," EcoMod2009 21500035, EcoMod.

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    JEL classification:

    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General

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