Optimal observability in a linear income tax

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 108
Issue: 2
Pages: 105-108

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We study the optimal observability of the tax base within the standard linear income tax problem, where observability is determined by the government's investment into the accurate measurement of the tax base.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:108:y:2010:i:2:p:105-108
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29