Temptation in Consumption and Optimal Redistributive Taxation
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Keywords
Temptation; self-control; optimal taxation; redistribution; commodity taxation; income taxation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIC-2020-07-27 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-ORE-2020-07-27 (Operations Research)
- NEP-PBE-2020-07-27 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2020-07-27 (Public Finance)
- NEP-UPT-2020-07-27 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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