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Fiscal rules of income transformation

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  • Isabel H. Correia

    (Universidade Catolica Portuguesa and Banco de Portugal DEE, Rua Francisco Ribeiro, 1100 Lisboa, PORTUGAL)

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The purpose of this paper is to characterize the class of fiscal rules of income transformation which are equity improving and, at the same time, preserve the ranking of existing distributions. Contrary to the related literature individual well-being depends not just on income but also on prices. We show that, when the environment is restricted such that a general transformation class still can be defined, the only "desirable" fiscal rule is the simple redistributive linear taxation schedule, of the same type that is the rule in practice in most economies.

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  • Isabel H. Correia, 1999. "Fiscal rules of income transformation," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 13(1), pages 199-205.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:13:y:1999:i:1:p:199-205
    Note: Received: May 8, 1997; revised version: September 15, 1997
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    1. Isabel Correia, 2010. "Consumption Taxes and Redistribution," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 100(4), pages 1673-1694, September.
    2. Isabel Correia, 2010. "Consumption Taxes and Redistribution," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 100(4), pages 1673-1694, September.

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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies

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