Non-Linear Capital Taxation without Commitment. Farhi, E., Sleet, C., Werning, I., & Yeltekin, S. The Review of Economic Studies, 79(4):1469–1493, 2012.
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We study efficient non-linear taxation of labour and capital in a dynamic Mirrleesian model incorporating political economy constraints. Policies are chosen sequentially over time, without commitment. Our main result is that the marginal tax on capital income is progressive, in the sense that richer agents face higher marginal tax rates.
@article{Farhietal2012,
  title = {Non-Linear Capital Taxation without Commitment},
  author = {Farhi, Emmanuel and Sleet, Christopher and Werning, Iv{\'a}n and Yeltekin, Sevin},
  year = {2012},
  journal = {The Review of Economic Studies},
  volume = {79},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1469--1493},
  doi = {10.1093/restud/rds001},
  url = {http://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rds001},
  abstract = {We study efficient non-linear taxation of labour and capital in a dynamic Mirrleesian model incorporating political economy constraints. Policies are chosen sequentially over time, without commitment. Our main result is that the marginal tax on capital income is progressive, in the sense that richer agents face higher marginal tax rates.},
  keywords = {Wealth Taxation}
}

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