• Title of article

    Consumption and wage taxes when household size matters

  • Author/Authors

    Wigger، نويسنده , , Berthold U. Wigger، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    139
  • To page
    142
  • Abstract
    Standard life cycle models recommend consumption rather than wage taxes in order to limit the welfare losses incurred by taxation. However, as this note points out, the superiority of consumption over wage taxes disappears if household size is considered.
  • Keywords
    Consumption and wage taxes , Household size , Life cycle hypothesis
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    1997
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    434261