Progressivity of Taxes, Skeweness of Income Distribution and Violations of the Progressive Principle in Income Tax Systems

Kakwani and Lambert state the three axioms, which should be respected by an equitable tax system. They also proposed a measurement system to evaluate the violations of the axioms. One of the axioms, axiom 2, formulates the progression principle in income tax systems. Vernizzi and Pellegrino improved...

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Main Author: Edyta Mazurek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Statistical Office 2014-06-01
Series:Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal
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Online Access:http://www.czso.cz/csu/2014edicniplan.nsf/engc/01003BF6EC/$File/32019714q2054.pdf