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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Saez 2002: General Model<br />

Model can be extended to allow both intensive and extensive<br />

responses<br />

Allow higher types to switch to lower jobs<br />

General formula for optimal tax is a fn of both intensive and extensive<br />

margin elasticity<br />

Can be calibrated using empirical estimates of these elasticities<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 4: Optimal Taxation 109 / 121

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