Higher tax and less work: reverse “Keep up with the Joneses” and rising inequality
(2023)
Journal Article
FitzRoy, F., Jin, J., & Nolan, M. (in press). Higher tax and less work: reverse “Keep up with the Joneses” and rising inequality. Journal of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-023-00821-2
To counteract excessive effort due to relative income comparison among identical agents, the literature suggests a tax response equal to the negative externality. Assuming a general income distribution, we show that an optimal tax must be higher unde... Read More about Higher tax and less work: reverse “Keep up with the Joneses” and rising inequality.