Piketty’s r-g Model: Wealth Inequality and Tax Policy
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Keywords
Kapital; Einkommen; Einkommensverteilung; Vermögensverteilung; Steuerpolitik; Einkommensteuer; Kapitalertragsteuer; Vermögensteuer; Einkommensumverteilung; Arbeitsmarkttheorie; Reichtum; Wachstumstheorie;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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