Shifting tax burden to top income earners: what is the best way to reduce inequality?

The authors analyze to what extent and how the tax burden should be shifted towards top income earners in order to reduce income inequality. Starting from Lambert and Aronson (Inequality decomposition analysis and the Gini coefficient revisited 1993) and Alvaredo (A note on the relationship between...

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Main Authors: Onrubia Jorge, Picos Fidel, Rodado María del Carmen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2019-12-01
Series:Economics: Journal Articles
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2019-41