Capital income taxes with heterogeneous discount rates /

With heterogeneity in both skills and discount factors, the Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem that savings should not be taxed does not hold. We consider a model with heterogeneity of preferences at each earnings level. With some assumptions on the equilibrium, a small savings tax on high earners and a smal...

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Main Author: Diamond, Peter A
Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Economics
Other Authors: Spinnewijn, Johannes
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, [2009]
Series:Working paper (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics) ; no. 09-22
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Call Number: HB31.M415 no.09-22