Political economy of Ramsey taxation

We study the dynamic taxation of capital and labor in the Ramsey model under the assumption that taxes and public good provision are decided by a self-interested politician who cannot commit to policies. We show that, as long as the politician is as patient as the citizens, the Chamley-Judd result o...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron (Contributor), Golosov, Mikhail (Author), Tsyvinski, Aleh (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V., 2011-03-24T18:40:17Z.
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