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- Aronsson, Thomas, 1963-, et al.
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On environmental taxation under uncertain environmental damage
- 2003
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In: Environmental and Resource Economics. - : Springer. - 0924-6460 .- 1573-1502. ; 24:2, s. 183-196
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper addresses optimal taxation, when therelationship between the consumption of a`dirty' good and the resulting environmentaldamage is uncertain and treated as a randomvariable by policy makers. The main purpose isto analyze how increased uncertainty, measuredas a mean preserving increase in the spread ofthis random variable, affects the optimalcommodity tax on the dirty consumption good. Incase the only task of government is to correctthe environmental externality, and if thepreferences are characterized by nondecreasingabsolute risk aversion, we find that thecommodity tax on the dirty consumption goodincreases in response to additionaluncertainty. If, on the other hand, thegovernment provides a public good and uses alump-sum tax in addition to the commodity tax,it is possible that the commodity tax decreasesas a response to additional uncertainty, evenif the preferences are characterized bynondecreasing absolute risk aversion. A similarresult emerges, although for different reasons,if the lump-sum tax is replaced by a laborincome tax.
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- Aronsson, Thomas, 1963-, et al.
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Optimal taxation, global externalities and Labor mobility
- 2003
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In: Journal of Public Economics. - : Elsevier. - 0047-2727 .- 1879-2316. ; 87:12, s. 2749-2764
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper concerns transboundary environmental problems in the context of an optimal tax model. We assume that part of the labor force is mobile across countries, and that the set of tax instruments includes a nonlinear income tax and a commodity tax on the ‘dirty’ good that is causing damage to the environment. The purpose is to compare the (globally optimal) second best policy of a cooperative equilibrium with the policy implicit in a noncooperative equilibrium. We show that the commodity taxes differ between equilibria because of: (i) transboundary externalities not internalized by national governments, (ii) interaction effects between environmental and other policies, and (iii) labor mobility.
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- Aronsson, Thomas, 1963-, et al.
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Redistribution and provision of public goods in an economic federation
- 2008
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In: Journal of Public Economic Theory. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1097-3923 .- 1467-9779. ; 10:1, s. 125-143
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper concerns redistribution and public good provision in an economic federation with two levels of government: a local government in each locality and a (first mover) central government. Each locality is characterized by two ability-types, and the ability-distribution differs across localities. The central government redistributes via a nonlinear income tax and a lump-sum transfer to each local government, while the local governments use proportional income taxes and provide local public goods. We show how the redistributive role of taxation is combined with a corrective role, and how the central government can implement the second best resource allocation.
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Uncertain length of life, retirement age, and optimal pension design
- 2018
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- In this paper, we consider how the hours of work and retirement age ought to respond to a change in the uncertainty of the length of life. In a first best framework, where a benevolent government exercises perfect control over the individuals' labor supply and retirement-decisions, the results show that a decrease in the standard deviation of life-length leads to an increase in the optimal retirement age and a decrease in the hours of work per period spent working. This result is robust, and is also derived in models of decentralized decision-making where individuals decide on their own consumption, labor supply, and retirement age, and where the government attempts to affect their behavior and welfare through redistribution and pension policy.
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- Aronsson, Thomas, 1963-, et al.
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Uncertain length of life, retirement age, and pension design
- 2024
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In: Finanzarchiv. - : Mohr Siebeck. - 0015-2218 .- 1614-0974. ; 80:1, s. 111-128
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this paper, we consider how the hours of work and retirement age ought to respond to a change in the uncertainty of the length of life. The results show that a decrease in the standard deviation of life-length leads to an increase in the socially optimal retirement age and a decrease in the hours of work per period spent working, if the preferences for the number of years spent in retirement are characterized by constant or decreasing absolute risk version. We also show how a benevolent policy maker can implement the social optimum through an actuarially fair pension policy.
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- Aronsson, Thomas, 1963-, et al.
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Vad är optimal beskattning
- 2010
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In: Framtider. - Stockholm : Institutet för framtidsstudier. - 0281-0492. ; 3, s. 18-21
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)
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- Aronsson, Thomas, 1963-, et al.
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Where Should the Eldery Live and Who Should Pay for Their Care?
- 2010
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics. - : Wiley. - 0347-0520 .- 1467-9442. ; 112:2, s. 289-314
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We consider a model with a population consisting of earners and retired persons; elderly care is publicly provided. There is one big city, where congestion effects and agglomeration forces are at work, and a number of small villages. We show how the externalities related to population mobility lead to an inefficient spatial distribution of earners and retirees, and we characterize the second-best solution. Decentralization of this solution in a fiscal federalism structure requires the use of taxes and subsidies proportional to the number of earners and retired persons living in the city and the villages.
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