A Positive Theory of Income Taxation
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- Carbonell-Nicolau Oriol, 2009. "A Positive Theory of Income Taxation," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 9(1), pages 1-49, July.
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Keywords
nonlinear income taxation; electoral competitionh; Director's law; extensive zero-sum game;JEL classification:
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2007-11-03 (All new papers)
- NEP-PBE-2007-11-03 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2007-11-03 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2007-11-03 (Public Finance)
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