A note on the existence of progressive tax structures |
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Authors: | Efe A Ok |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA, US |
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Abstract: | This paper studies the possibility of progressive income taxation of heterogeneous populations. While a result due to Moyes
and Shorrocks (1994) indicates that there does not exist a universally inequality-reducing tax structure which distinguishes
between at least two subpopulations (in the sense of applying a different tax function to each subclass), it is shown here
that a minimal refinement of the universality of inequality reduction leads one to a possibility conclusion. Informally stated, we prove the existence of uncountably many
differentiated tax structures which are strictly progressive almost everywhere.
Received: 14 March 1995/Accepted: 20 April 1996 |
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