Optimal Redistribution: Rising Inequality vs. Rising Living Standards
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- Axelle Ferriere & Philipp Grübener & Dominik Sachs, 2024. "Optimal Redistribution: Rising Inequality vs. Rising Living Standards," CESifo Working Paper Series 11141, CESifo.
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Taxation; Growth; Redistribution; Non-homothetic preferences;All these keywords.
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- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
- O23 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development
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