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A Note on Deaton's Theorem on the Undesirability of Nonuniform Excise Taxation


Martin F. Hellwig


Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods; University of Bonn - Department of Economics
December 1, 2008

MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2008/45

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The paper provides an extension and a new proof of Deaton's theorem on the undesirability of nonuniform excise taxation when income taxes are affine and preferences over consumption goods are separable from labour-leisure choices, homothetic, and identical across agents.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 8

Keywords: Optimal Excise Taxes, Atkinson-Stiglitz Theorem, Deaton's Theorem

JEL Classification: H21

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Date posted: December 3, 2008  

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Hellwig, Martin F., A Note on Deaton's Theorem on the Undesirability of Nonuniform Excise Taxation (December 1, 2008). MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2008/45. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1310004 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1310004

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Martin F. Hellwig (Contact Author)
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ( email )
Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 10
D-53113 Bonn, 53113
Germany
University of Bonn - Department of Economics
Adenauerallee 24-42
D-53113 Bonn
Germany
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