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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Chetty 2006<br />

Suppose marginal utility of consumption declines quickly, i.e. γ large<br />

Then as wages rise, individuals should quickly become sated with<br />

goods<br />

Therefore, they should opt to consume much more leisure when<br />

wages rise<br />

But this would imply ε l,w −0.1)<br />

Places an upper bound on size of γ<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> ()<strong>Part</strong> 5: Income Taxation and Labor Supply 212 / 217

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