Inequality Aversion, Externalities, and Pareto-Efficient Income Taxation
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Keywords
Pareto-efficient taxation; Inequality aversion; Self-centered inequality aversion; Non-self-centered inequality aversion; Fehr and Schmidt preferences; Bolton and Ockenfels preferences; GINI coefficient; Coefficient of variation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2020-06-15 (Public Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2020-06-15 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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