000 01877cam a22002414a 4500
008 110721s2012 maua b 001 0 eng
020 _a9780262017114
020 _a0262017113
040 _aSDU
050 0 0 _aHJ2305
_bB662 F 2012
100 1 _aBoadway, Robin W.,
_9187948
245 1 0 _aFrom optimal tax theory to tax policy :
_bretrospective and prospective views /
_cRobin Boadway.
260 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bMIT Press,
_c2012.
300 _a290 p. :
_bill.
490 1 _aMunich lectures in economics
505 0 _aIntroduction -- From tax theory to policy : an overview -- Landmarks of optimal tax theory -- The evolution of policy and advice -- Challenges for the theory of tax policy -- Commitment -- Heterogeneity of individual utility functions -- Behavioral issues -- Responsibility and compensation -- Political economy -- Optimal analysis versus reform analysis -- Summary of lessons for tax policy -- Policy lessons from optimal tax theory -- Uniformity of commodity taxes -- The Corlett-Hague theorem -- The Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem -- Production efficiency : implications and caveats -- Capital taxation and the personal tax base -- Linear taxation in a dynamic setting -- Nonlinear taxation in a dynamic setting -- The issue of progressivity -- Asymmetric information and market failure -- Policy lessons from normative analysis -- Relaxing the second-best constraints -- The use of supplementary policy instruments -- Making use of, and acquiring, more information -- Conclusions -- Challenges for second-best analysis -- Fundamentals of the standard approach -- The commitment issue -- Heterogeneous preferences and utility -- Behavioral issues -- Political economy -- Concluding comments.
505 0 _aHKBU library
518 _aYT2025 M09
650 0 _aTaxation.
650 0 _aFiscal policy.
900 _a= C.1 SDU
942 _cGBE
_2lcc
999 _c102487
_d102487