American Economic Journal:
Economic Policy
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Public Provision of Private Goods and Nondistortionary Marginal Tax Rates
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 2,
no. 2, May 2010
(pp. 1–27)
Abstract
Using an optimal taxation model combined with a previously neglected scheme of public provision of private goods, we show that there is an efficiency gain if public provision of selected goods replaces market purchases and that efficiency requires marginal income tax rates to be higher than if the goods were purchased in the market. Part of the marginal tax serves the same role as a market price and conveys information about a real social cost of working more hours. It might be that economies with higher marginal tax rates have less severe distortions than economies with lower marginal tax rates. (JEL H21, H42, I38)Citation
Blomquist, Sören, Vidar Christiansen, and Luca Micheletto. 2010. "Public Provision of Private Goods and Nondistortionary Marginal Tax Rates." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2 (2): 1–27. DOI: 10.1257/pol.2.2.1Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- H21 Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H42 Publicly Provided Private Goods
- I38 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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