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Fairness and Tax Policy: A Response to Mankiw's Proposed “Just Deserts”

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  • Jonathan Weinstein

    (Kellogg School of Management, 2001 Sheridan Rd., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201 USA.)

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I further pursue the proposal of Mankiw to consider fairness or “Just Deserts” as the main guide to tax policy. I suggest very different policy conclusions. In particular, I point out some key assumptions that were left implicit in Mankiw's analysis, and question whether these hold in practice. I then suggest a different formal approach to determining a fair policy.

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  • Jonathan Weinstein, 2011. "Fairness and Tax Policy: A Response to Mankiw's Proposed “Just Deserts”," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 37(3), pages 313-320.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:easeco:v:37:y:2011:i:3:p:313-320
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    1. Lawrence K Ma & Richard J Tunney & Eamonn Ferguson, 2014. "Gratefully Received, Gratefully Repaid: The Role of Perceived Fairness in Cooperative Interactions," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(12), pages 1-15, December.
    2. Alexis Anagnostopoulos & Eva Carceles‐Poveda & Yair Tauman, 2021. "Value Preserving Welfare Weights For Social Optimization Problems," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 62(4), pages 1627-1653, November.

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