A Note on Progressive Taxation and Inequality Equivalence

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Titel: A Note on Progressive Taxation and Inequality Equivalence
Autoren: Claudio Zoli
Verlagsinformationen: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Publikationsjahr: 2018
Schlagwörter: Progressive taxation, inequality equivalence, intermediate measures, unit consistency, path-independent inequality, Lorenz dominance
Beschreibung: We investigate the relationship between the notion of progressive taxation and inequality reduction under a general version of the concept of inequality equivalence. We consider a two-parameter formalization of the concept of inequality equivalence that both includes, as special cases, the intermediate inequality equivalence and the path-independent/unit-consistent inequality equivalence. Both criteria could range from relative to absolute inequality views as the parameters in the formulation change. For the path-independent/unit-consistent inequality equivalence the condition of nondecreasing average tax rate is necessary and sufficient to guarantee the inequality-reducing effect of taxation for all the inequality views in between the relative and the absolute.
Publikationsart: Part of book or chapter of book
Sprache: English
Zugangs-URL: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S1049-258520180000026003?af=R
https://hdl.handle.net/11562/992072
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Datenbank: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:We investigate the relationship between the notion of progressive taxation and inequality reduction under a general version of the concept of inequality equivalence. We consider a two-parameter formalization of the concept of inequality equivalence that both includes, as special cases, the intermediate inequality equivalence and the path-independent/unit-consistent inequality equivalence. Both criteria could range from relative to absolute inequality views as the parameters in the formulation change. For the path-independent/unit-consistent inequality equivalence the condition of nondecreasing average tax rate is necessary and sufficient to guarantee the inequality-reducing effect of taxation for all the inequality views in between the relative and the absolute.