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Optimal Redistributive Taxation When Individual Welfare Depends Upon Relative Income
Abstract
I. Introduction, 589. — II. An optimal negative income tax model, 591. — III. The maximin criterion, 594. — IV. A utilitarian social objective, 597. — V. Conclusion, 598. Our theory … depends upon the validity of a single hypothesis, viz.: that the utility index is a function of relative rather than absolute consumption expenditure. — J. Duesenberry Income, Saving and the Theory of Consumer Behavior
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- Authors
- Boskin, M. J., & Sheshinski, E.
- Venue
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1978-11
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 589
- ISSN
- 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
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- W1990206896
- Cited by
- 399
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 4.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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