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Optimal random taxation and redistribution
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We assess the usefulness of stochastic redistribution among a continuum of risk-averse agents with quasilinear utilities in labor. Agents differ according to their consumption tastes, which remain private information. We identify circumstances where stochastic redistribution is socially dominated by the deterministic policy where after-tax income lotteries are replaced with their certainty equivalent. We also provide a parametric example where feasible and incentive compatible lotteries locally dominate the optimal deterministic menu. In this example the downward pattern of incentives prevailing in the deterministic case is reversed to an upward pattern in the stochastic case.
Authors
Research Associate University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and Paris School of Economics
Stéphane is a Research Associate at our Institute and a Professor of Economics at University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Guy Laroque
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.ifs.2022.3522
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Gauthier, S and Laroque, G. (2022). Optimal random taxation and redistribution. 22/35. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/optimal-random-taxation-and-redistribution (accessed: 19 May 2024).
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