From Optimal Tax Theory to Tax Policy: Retrospective and Prospective Views

by Robin Boadway

An economist examines the evolution of optimal tax analysis and its influence on tax policy design.

Many things inform a country's choice of tax system, including political considerations, public opinion, bureaucratic complexities, and ideas drawn from theoretical analysis. In this book, Robin Boadway examines the role of optimal tax analysis in informing and influencing tax policy design. Scholars of public economics formulate models...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262017113
• ISBN13: 9780262017114
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher