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Taxing Utility, Terrence Chorvat
Taxing Utility, Terrence Chorvat
George Mason University School of Law Working Papers Series
In order to assess the efficiency of a tax, we should examine its effect on the behavior of individuals. In general, the less a tax affects behavior, the more efficient it is thought to be. The standard example of a non-distorting tax is a lump-sum tax, which does not change with the behavior of the taxpayer. However, this article demonstrates that behavioral distortions can and do arise from a change in even a lump-sum tax. The only truly non-distortionary tax would be one based on utility itself. Utility, which has been used as a norm for distributional analysis, is also …
Rediscovering Vulgar Charity: A Historical Analysis Of America's Tangled Nonprofit Law, Thomas A. Kelley Iii
Rediscovering Vulgar Charity: A Historical Analysis Of America's Tangled Nonprofit Law, Thomas A. Kelley Iii
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