Comments on Social Insurance and the Optimum Piecewise Linear Income Tax

Michael Lundholm ()

No 1999:8, Research Papers in Economics from Stockholm University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using Varian´s social insurance framework with a piecewise linear two bracket income tax, where t_1 is the tax rate in the lower bracket and t_1+t_2 is the tax rate in the upper bracket, Strawcynski (1998) claims that optimal requires t_1^*

Keywords: Optimal taxation; social insurance; piecewise linear taxes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 1999-09-13
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