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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Atkinson-Stiglitz: Implications for Capital Taxation<br />

If low ability people have higher δ then capital income tax t K > 0 is<br />

desirable (Saez 2004)<br />

Violates homogeneous utility assumption<br />

Savings are equivalent to luxury chocolates or museums<br />

Saez (2004) restricts capital tax to be linear and income-independent<br />

With non-linear, income-dependent taxes, optimal t K may be lower for<br />

high incomes than low incomes (Golosov, Tsyvinski, Weinzierl 2009)<br />

No longer a justification for redistribution via capital income taxation<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 4: Optimal Taxation 87 / 121

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