Optimal Income Tax and Redistribution

by Matti Tuomala

This book provides a comprehensive survey of optimal income tax theory, following the development of research strategy from the basic Mirrlees model through its refinements that examine how optimal tax rates and the shape of tax schedules are affected by new considerations. The author covers not only the historical background and modern formulations of the theory, but also extends his discussion to the most important extensions of the model and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198286058
• ISBN13: 9780198286059
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"