Taxes in a simple wealth distribution model by inelastically scattering particles

Sebastian D. Guala

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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.

Date: 2008-07
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