Optimal taxation, critical-level utilitarianism and economic growth

Luca Spataro and Thomas I. Renström

Journal of Public Economics, 2012, vol. 96, issue 9-10, 727-738

Abstract: We analyze tax policies in an intertemporal economy with endogenous fertility under critical-level utilitarianism, both from a positive and a normative standpoint. On the positive side, we analyze the effects of a change in the tax on capital income and on fertility, both separately and combined so as to keep the per-capita public debt constant. On the normative side, we characterize the first- and second-best optimal tax structures, for both exogenous and endogenous labor supply.

Keywords: Taxation; Endogenous fertility; Critical level utilitarianism; Population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 E21 H21 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.05.001

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