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Voting on Redistribution with Tax Evasion

Rainald Borck

No 329, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This paper analyzes voting on a linear income tax which is redistributed lump sum to the taxpayers. Individuals can evade taxes, which leads to penalties if evasion is detected. Since preferences satisfy neither single peakedness nor single crossing, an equilibrium may not exist. When it does exist, it may have interesting properties, in particular, the poor and the rich may form a coalition against the middle class.

Keywords: Tax evasion; redistribution; voting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 p.
Date: 2003
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