Tagging and Redistributive Taxation

Robin Boadway and Pierre Pestieau

No 273547, Queen's Economics Department Working Papers from Queen's University - Department of Economics

Abstract: We study optimal redistributive taxes when the population can be disaggregated into tagged groups. Under reasonable circumstances, the tax system will be more redistributive in the tagged group with the higher proportion of high-ability persons. We extend the analysis to the case where the tag reflects differences in resources required to achieve a given level of utility. The compensation given for needs depends on whether the income tax structure is differentiated by needs groups.

Keywords: Financial; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36
Date: 2006-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.273547

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