Is the optimal income tax regressive?

DOI10.1016/j.econlet.2008.03.004zbMath1255.91293OpenAlexW2122374194MaRDI QIDQ1934887

X. Ruiz del Portal

Publication date: 29 January 2013

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2008.03.004

zbMATH Keywords

monotonicity constraintintervals of singularityoptimal income tax

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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Cites Work

• Most Monotone Functions are Singular
• On the Sign of the Optimum Marginal Income Tax
• An Increasing Continuous Singular Function
• An Exploration in the Theory of Optimum Income Taxation

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