Taxes in a Wealth Distribution Model by Inelastically Scattering of Particles

Sebastian Guala ()
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Sebastian Guala: Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento

Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, 2009, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: In this work we use an inelastic scattering process of particles to propose a model able to reproduce the salient features of the wealth distribution in an economy by including taxes to each trading process and redistributing that collected among the population according to a given criterion. Additionally, we show that different optimal levels of taxes may exist depending on the redistribution criterion.

Keywords: wealth distribution; inelastic collisions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H21 H23 H30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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