On the equitability of progressive taxation

DOI10.1006/JETH.1996.2244zbMath0876.90046OpenAlexW2739753612MaRDI QIDQ1357582

Tapan Mitra, Efe A. Ok

Publication date: 1 December 1997

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jeth.1996.2244

zbMATH Keywords

equal sacrificeincome tax function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation) (91B64)

Related Items (4)

Inequality minimising subsidy and taxation ⋮ Voting over piece-wise linear tax methods ⋮ Redistributive effects of minimal equal sacrifice taxation. ⋮ Piecewise linear tax functions, progressivity, and the principle of equal sacrifice

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