The Economics of Taxation

This volume brings together the contributions of twenty-four economists and lawyers on tax policy. Five papers build on the work of Joseph A. Pechman in analyzing the distribution of tax burdens. A. B. Atkinson relates the analysis of redistribution of income through the tax system to horizontal equity, James Buchanan and Geoffrey Brennan demonstrate that a full analysis of tax burdens must encompass tax-induced inefficiencies, and Boris I. Bittker...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815700148
• ISBN13: 9780815700142
• Release Date: July 1980
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 380 Pages