Charles Delmotte

Michigan State University College of Law

Professor of Law

East Lansing

United States

NYU School of Law

Postdoctoral fellow

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“  I work on tax law -- using theoretic insights from philosophy and economics. I am also working on the use of technology to update the tax system.  ”

Scholarly Papers (13)

1.

BEYOND THE WEALTH TAX

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 76 (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2024
Charles Delmotte
Michigan State University College of Law
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Wealth Taxation, Economic Inequality, Tax Policy

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The Case Against Tax Subsidies in Innovation Policy

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 2, Forthcoming, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 20-40
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2022
Charles Delmotte
Michigan State University College of Law
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Research and Development Tax Credit, Intellectual Property (Ip), Tax Subsidies, Innovation Policy

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Dynamic Preferences and the Behavioral Case Against Sin Taxes

Dynamic Preferences and the Behavioral Case Against Sin Taxes, 32 Constitutional Political Economy (2021) (with Malte Dold).
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2023
Charles Delmotte and Malte F. Dold
Michigan State University College of Law and Pomona College - Department of Economics
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Sin taxes, Behavioral Economics, Contractarianism, Dynamic Preferences, John Stuart Mill, Self-Governance

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Toward a Blockchain Driven Tax System

43 Virginia Tax Review 1
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2023
Charles Delmotte
Michigan State University College of Law
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Tax Compliance, Tax Reform, Blockchain Technology

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Ostrom, Floods and Mismatched Property Rights

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2020
Nick Cowen and Charles Delmotte
School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln and Michigan State University College of Law
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commons, ostrom, James Buchanan, public choice, mismatched property, environmental goods, climate change, floods

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Tax Uniformity as a Requirement of Justice

(Forthcoming, 2020) Delmotte C, Tax Uniformity as a Requirement of Justice. Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2023
Charles Delmotte
Michigan State University College of Law
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Taxation, Distributive Justice, Social Contract Theory, Public Choice Theory

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The Mirage of Mark-to-Market: Distributive Justice and Alternatives to Capital Taxation

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2019
Charles Delmotte and Nick Cowen
Michigan State University College of Law and School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln
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wealth inequality, capital taxation, tax base, distributive justice, market economy

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The Right to Autonomy as a Moral Foundation for the Realization Principle in Income Taxation

In M. Bhandari (ed.), The Philosophical Foundations of Tax Law (pp. 281–302). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 May 2020
Charles Delmotte
Michigan State University College of Law
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Capital gains tax, assessing income, assets, realization principle, market-to-market, equity, financial redistribution

9.

Redistribution Without Romance

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 66 (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 12 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2025
Charles Delmotte
Michigan State University College of Law
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Redistribution, Tax Policy, Economic Inequality, Democracy, Administrative Capture

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Simple Rules and the Political Economy of Income Taxation: The Strengths of a Uniform Expense Rule

European Journal of Law and Economics
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 May 2020 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2022
Charles Delmotte
Michigan State University College of Law
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Tax Expenditures, Tax Complexity, Tax Efficiency, Tax Reform, Tax Law and Economics, Political Economy

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Predistribution Against Rent-Seeking: The Benefit Principle’s Alternative to Redistributive Taxation

Social Philosophy and Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Sep 2023
Charles Delmotte
Michigan State University College of Law
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benefit principle; inequality; taxation; rent-seeking; predistribution

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The Conception of Taxation: The Romantic versus the Realistic Point of View

The Conception of Taxation: The Romantic Versus the Realistic Point of View, in INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF THE MARKET ORDER 131 (Donald J. Boudreaux, Christopher J. Coyne & Bobbi Herzberg, eds. 2019).
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jun 2023
Charles Delmotte
Michigan State University College of Law
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Philosophy of Taxation; Theory of Optimal Taxation

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What is Wrong with Endowment Taxation? Self-Usership as a Prerequisite for Legitimate Taxation

What Is Wrong with Endowment Taxation? Self-usership as a Prerequisite for Legitimate Taxation, in BUILDING TRUST IN TAXATION 51 (Bruno Peeters, Hans Gribnau & Jo Badisco eds., 2017).
Posted: 13 Apr 2023
Charles Delmotte and Jan Verplaetse
Michigan State University College of Law and Independent

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taxation; self-ownership; natural rights