Tax-benefit revealed social preferences

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-108

  Bourguignon, François ^a   Spadaro, Amedeo ^a,b  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microsimulation; Optimal income tax; Optimal inverse problem; Social welfare function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857687295     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-010-9153-0     Document Type: Article

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