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A Distortive Wage Tax and a Countervailing Commuting Subsidy.
- Source :
- Journal of Public Economic Theory; Apr2009, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p297-310, 14p, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Within a second-best duocentric urban economics framework where labor income taxation distorts workplace choices on account of commuting costs, this paper studies a commuting subsidy, which distorts land use. It is shown that a commuting subsidy increases welfare if and only if it shifts labor supply from less to more productive business districts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ECONOMICS
INCOME
TAXATION
COST
LABOR supply
SOCIAL sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10973923
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Economic Theory
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36922585
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9779.2009.01411.x