28 research outputs found
Degradation study of polypropylene (PP) and bioriented polypropylene (BOPP) in the environment
Down-regulation of protein kinase Cdelta inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase expression through IRF1
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Inflammatory phenotype in peri-implant tissue associates with blood metal concentrations in patients with failed metal-on-metal hip prostheses
Modeling Asymmetric and Symmetric Chains and the Structures of Stereo-Defects in Isotactic Polypropylenes
Deformation X-ray study of propylene-based elastomers with controlled sequence distributions
New Insight into Propene Polymerization Promoted by Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalysts
Chemical Modification of Polypropylene and Polystyrene through Fluorocarbon Ion Beam Deposition
Optimal taxation and public provision for poverty reduction
The existing literature on optimal taxation typically assumes there exists a capacity to implement
complex tax schemes, which is not necessarily the case for many developing countries. We
examine the determinants of optimal redistributive policies in the context of a developing
country that can only implement linear tax policies due to administrative reasons. Further, the
reduction of poverty is typically the expressed goal of such countries, and this feature is also
taken into account in our model. We derive the optimality conditions for linear income taxation,
commodity taxation, and public provision of private and public goods for the poverty
minimization case, and compare the results to those derived under a general welfarist objective
function. We also study the implications of informality on optimal redistributive policies for such
countries, and comment on the potential for minimum wage regulation. The exercise reveals
non-trivial differences in optimal tax rules under the different assumptions. The derived formulae
also capture the sufficient statistics that the governments need to pay attention to when designing
poverty alleviation policies