Essays on the Economics of Income Taxation

This thesis consists of five self-contained essays. Essay 1. (with Sören Blomquist and Luca Micheletto)  Using a calibrated overlapping-generations model we quantify the welfare gains of an age-dependent labor income tax. Agents face uncertainty regarding future abilities and can transfer consumptio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bastani, Spencer
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen 2012
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