Is the optimal labor income tax progressive in a unionized economy?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 661-675

  Aronsson, Thomas ^a   Sjögren, Tomas ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Labor supply; Optimal taxation; Union wage setting

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LABOR SUPPLY; TAX SYSTEM; TRADE UNION; WAGE;

EID: 11244279613     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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