Public economics in action : the basic income/flat tax proposal / A.B. Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, A. B. (Anthony Barnes), 1944-

Series:

Lindahl lectures.

The Lindahl lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income tax.

Flat-rate income tax.

Social security--Finance.

Social security.

Basic income.

Social choice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford Univesity Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book surveys the current state of public economics by taking as a case study the proposal for a basic income financed by a flat income tax. It revises the area in which there has been active research in recent years, including the theory of optimum, the incidence of taxation, public choice theory, and tax benefit models.

Contents:

Intro

Series Foreword

Preface

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

1 A First Look at the Issues

2 Optimum Flat Tax and Basic Income

3 Optimum Taxation, Differentiation, and Graduation

4 Liberty and Public Choice Theory

5 A Richer Model of the Labour Market

6 Tax-Benefit Models

7 Taxation and Work Incentives

8 Concluding Reflection: The Integration of Public Economics

References

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-164) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612268038

1-282-26803-1

OCLC:

652277034