Optimal Utilitarian Taxation and Horizontal Equity
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Horizontal equity; optimal taxation; heterogeneous preferences; utilitarianism;JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- 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-ALL-2002-12-17 (All new papers)
- NEP-PBE-2002-12-17 (Public Economics)
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