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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Numerical Simulations of Optimal Tax Schedule<br />

Formula above is a condition for optimality but not an explicit<br />

formula for optimal tax schedule<br />

Distribution of incomes H(z) endogenous to T (.)<br />

Therefore need to use structural approach (specification of primitives)<br />

to calculate optimal T (.)<br />

Saez (2001) specifies utility function (e.g. constant elasticity):<br />

u(c, l) = c − (l) 1+ 1 ε<br />

⇒<br />

l ∗ = [(1 − T ′ )w] ε<br />

Calibrate the exogenous skill distribution F (w) such that actual T (.)<br />

yields empirical H(z)<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 4: Optimal Taxation 74 / 121

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