Differentially monotonic redistribution of income

André Casajus

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 141, issue C, 112-115

Abstract: We suggest a differential version of monotonicity for redistribution rules: whenever the differential of two persons’ income weakly increases, then the differential of their post-redistribution rewards also weakly increases. Together with efficiency and non-negativity, differential monotonicity characterizes redistribution via taxation at a fixed rate and equal distribution of the total tax revenue.

Keywords: Redistribution; Flat tax; Basic income; Differential monotonicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C71 D63 H20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.02.013

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