Dynamic income taxation, redistribution, and the ratchet effect

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-93

  Dillén, Mats ^a   Lundholm, Michael ^b  

^a Swedish Ministry of Finance   (Sweden)

^b Nordic Economic Research Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic taxation; Optimal income taxation; Perfect Bayesian equilibrium; Ratchet effect; Time consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029687978     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(94)01491-4     Document Type: Article

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