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Monopoly, inequality and redistribution via the public provision of private goods

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dc.creator Katsimi, Margarita
dc.creator Moutos, Thomas
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:00:51Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:00:51Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18683
dc.identifier ppn:477409296
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18683
dc.description The relationship between inequality and redistribution is usually studied under the assumption that the government collects different amounts of taxes from each citizen (voter) but gives back the same amount (in cash or in kind) to everyone. In this paper we consider what happens if the government can redistribute through both sides of its budget (revenue and expenditure). We study the effects of inequality on the size (and structure) of redistributive programs in both perfectly competitive and monopolistic settings. We find that the presence of monopoly results in a higher tax rate than in the competitive case and that in the latter case an increase in inequality can be associated with a fall in the tax rate. We find also that although the median voter may not vote for a positive tax rate in the presence of public sector inefficiency under perfect competition, she may prefer – ceteris paribus – a positive tax rate in the presence of monopoly.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation CESifo working papers 1318
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject P16
dc.subject H42
dc.subject H23
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject monopoly
dc.subject redistribution
dc.subject inequality
dc.subject public goods
dc.subject median voter
dc.subject Einkommensumverteilung
dc.subject Median Voter
dc.subject Einkommensverteilung
dc.subject Steuerpolitik
dc.subject Monopol
dc.subject Theorie
dc.title Monopoly, inequality and redistribution via the public provision of private goods
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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