Popular support for progressive taxation

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Popular support for progressive taxation

Author(s): Marhuenda Hurtado, Francisco; Ortuño Ortín, Ignacio Isidro
Publisher: Elsevier
Issued date: 1995-06
Citation: Economics Letters, 1995, v. 48, n. 3-4, pp. 319-324
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1765(95)94399-G
Review: PeerReviewed
Version of: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/4212
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(95)94399-G
Keywords: Voting , Income tax , Progressiveness
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/4169
Rights: © Elsevier

Abstract:

The popular support obtained by two parties who propose two qualitatively different tax schemes is analyzed. We show that if the median voter is below the mean, then any progressive proposal wins over a regressive one. [+]

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