Optimal Income Taxation for Transfer Payments Under Different Social Welfare Criteria

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Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics

Year: 1974

Volume: 88

Issue: 4

Pages: 656-670

Authors (2)

Robert Cooter (not in RePEc) Elhanan Helpman (Harvard University)

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

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

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Abstract

I. Introduction, 656. — II. Formulating the problem, 657. — III. Two-person case, 660. — IV. Simulation of U. S. data, 662. — V. Conclusion, 668. — Appendix: data on distribution of abilities, 668.

Optimal Income Taxation for Transfer Payments Under Different Social Welfare Criteria

Authors (2)

Abstract

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