The optimal taxation of height
a case study of utilitarian income redistribution
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Author
Contributions
- Harvard Business School - Contributor
Publication
2009 - Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
3,750 words, Guess
Page Count
15 pages
Identifiers
- OCLC Control Number542346618
- Open LibraryOL45158425M
Description
Should the income tax include a credit for short taxpayers and a surcharge for tall ones? The standard Utilitarian framework for tax analysis answers this question in the affirmative. Moreover, a plausible parameterization using data on height and wages implies a substantial height tax: a tall person earning $50,000 should pay $4,500 more in tax than a short person. One interpretation is that personal attributes correlated with wages should be considered more widely for determining taxes. Alternatively, if policies such as a height tax are rejected, then the standard Utilitarian framework must fail to capture intuitive notions of distributive justice.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 09-139
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