Responsibility sensitive egalitarianism and optimal linear income taxation

Mathematical social sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-182

  Schokkaert, Erik ^a   Van de gaer, Dirk ^b   Vandenbroucke, Frank ^a   Luttens, Roland Iwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Equality; Opportunity; Optimal income taxation; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242798267     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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