Optimal taxes without commitment

DOI10.1006/jeth.1997.2334zbMath0896.90078OpenAlexW2154696063MaRDI QIDQ1385269

Jess Benhabib, Aldo Rustichini

Publication date: 26 April 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/64c161970cab8a0d1e1ccfa6fe9f7b5bcbd67073

zbMATH Keywords

optimal taxation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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