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From optimal tax theory to tax policy

retrospective and prospective views

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English
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290

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From optimal tax theory to tax policy: retrospective and prospective views
2012, MIT Press, The MIT Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
From tax theory to policy : an overview
Landmarks of optimal tax theory
The evolution of policy and advice
Challenges for the theory of tax policy
Commitment
Heterogeneity of individual utility functions
Behavioral issues
Responsibility and compensation
Political economy
Optimal analysis versus reform analysis
Summary of lessons for tax policy
Policy lessons from optimal tax theory
Uniformity of commodity taxes
The Corlett-Hague theorem
The Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem
Production efficiency : implications and caveats
Capital taxation and the personal tax base
Linear taxation in a dynamic setting
Nonlinear taxation in a dynamic setting
The issue of progressivity
Asymmetric information and market failure
Policy lessons from normative analysis
Relaxing the second-best constraints
The use of supplementary policy instruments
Making use of, and acquiring, more information
Conclusions
Challenges for second-best analysis
Fundamentals of the standard approach
The commitment issue
Heterogeneous preferences and utility
Behavioral issues
Political economy
Concluding comments.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-268) and index.

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Cambridge, Mass
Series
Munich lectures in economics, Munich lectures in economics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
336.2001
Library of Congress
HJ2305 .B63 2012, HJ2305.B63 2012

The Physical Object

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vi, 290 p. :
Number of pages
290

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25249932M
ISBN 10
0262017113
ISBN 13
9780262017114
LCCN
2011028993
OCLC/WorldCat
742234430, 793892960

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