Holdings: The Optimal Income Tax When Poverty Is a Public "Bad"

The Optimal Income Tax When Poverty Is a Public "Bad"

The author considers poverty as an aggregate negative externality that affects people in different ways, depending on their aversion to poverty. If society is on average averse to poverty, then the optimal income tax schedule displays negative marg...

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Main Author:	Wane, Waly
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BENCHMARK CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION FUNCTION CONSUMPTION LEVELS CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DENSITY FUNCTION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISPOSABLE INCOME ECONOMICS LITERATURE EXPLOITATION EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY GINI INDEX HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH POVERTY INCENTIVE EFFECTS INCOME INCOME POVERTY INDIFFERENCE CURVES LABOR SUPPLY LEISURE MARGINAL COST MARGINAL TAX MARGINAL TAX RATE MARGINAL TAX RATES MULTIPLIERS NEGATIVE EFFECT OPPORTUNITY COST POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY RESEARCH POOR AREAS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POSITIVE EFFECTS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE INFORMATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC POLICY SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL WELFARE TAX REFORM TAXATION UNEMPLOYMENT UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS VALUATION WELFARE ECONOMICS WELFARE FUNCTION WORKING POOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/439012/optimal-income-tax-poverty-public-bad http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19854

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19854

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