Optimal income taxation and the shape of average tax rates

Jean Hindriks, Etienne Lehmann () and Alexis Parmentier ()
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Alexis Parmentier: EPEE - Centre d'Etudes des Politiques Economiques - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne

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Abstract: We investigate whether the optimal income tax model of Mirrlees (1971) can reproduce the empirically observed increasing average tax rates. We give a necessary condition and exhibit two examples where the optimal average tax rates are increasing. We wish to thank Mathias Hungerbühler and Laurence Jacquet for stimulating discussions. Citation: HINDRIKS, Jean, Etienne LEHMANN, and Alexis PARMENTIER, (2006) "Optimal income taxation and the shape of average tax rates.

Keywords: Optimal; taxation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-03-23
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Published in Economics Bulletin, 2006

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