Arbeitspapier
Subsistence level and theory of the welfare state
In a broader sense the welfare state ex ante can be seen as a social insurance for life-time risks, and ex post as a redistribution mechanism of incomes. Sinn (1995) has developed a normative theory of the welfare state in this view. On a constitutional plain agents determine the amount of optimal redistributive taxation behind a veil of ignorance relative to their life-time incomes. Our paper extends this theory of the welfare state by allowing for incomes which may fall below a subsistence level. If the income distribution is completely above the subsistence level, agents favour the confiscatorial tax. If some income realizations fall below the subsistence level, there are cases in which the laissez-faire-tax is socially preferred to the confiscatorial tax.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 173-15
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- Thema
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social insurance
redistribution
subsistence level
risk-taking
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Eichner, Thomas
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Universität Siegen, Fakultät III, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht
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Siegen
- (wann)
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1999
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Eichner, Thomas
- Universität Siegen, Fakultät III, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht
Entstanden
- 1999
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