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Welfare, Incentives, and Taxation$
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James Mirrlees

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780198295211

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198295211.001.0001

The Theory of Optimal Taxation

Chapter:
(p. 259 ) 11 The Theory of Optimal Taxation
Source:
Welfare, Incentives, and Taxation
Author(s):

James A. Mirrlees

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198295211.003.0012

This chapter discusses the theory of optimal taxation, without including a discussion on the optimization of macro-economic models that are used to treat several aspects of public policy. Information is considered as the central element in the theory. The discussion also includes two possible approaches in making well-based recommendations about public policy.

Keywords:   optimal taxation, optimization, macro-economic models, public policy, theory

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