Top Income Taxation: Efficiency, Social Welfare and the Laffer Curve
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Keywords
Income taxation; Optimal taxation; Laffer curve; Excess burden;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- 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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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2024-07-22 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-PBE-2024-07-22 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2024-07-22 (Public Finance)
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