Taxation, incomplete markets, and social security : the 2000 Munich lectures /

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In this book, Peter Diamond analyzes social security as a particular example of optimal taxation theory. Assuming a world of incomplete markets and asymmetric information, he uses a variety of simple models to illuminate the economic forces that bear on specific social security policy issues. The fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Diamond, Peter A.
Corporate Author: Universität München. Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003.
Series:Munich lectures in economics.
Subjects:
Welfare economics.
Welfare state.
Taxation.
Capitalism.
Social security > Finance.
Taxation > Germany.
Capitalism > Germany.
Social security > Germany > Finance.
Économie du bien-être.
État providence.
Impôt.
Sécurité sociale > Finances.
Impôt > Allemagne.
Sécurité sociale > Allemagne > Finances.
taxing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
Capitalism
Social security > Finance
Taxation
Welfare economics
Welfare state
Germany
ECONOMICS/Finance
ECONOMICS/Macroeconomics
ECONOMICS/Political Economy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword; Laudation for Peter A. Diamond; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Income Taxation; 3 Models of Optimal Lifetime Income Taxation with Time-Consistent Preferences; 4 Models of Optimal Lifetime Income Taxation with Time-Inconsistent Preferences; 5 Incomplete Markets and Social Security; 6 Models of Optimal Retirement Incentives with Varying Disutility of Labor; 7 Models of Optimal Retirement Incentives with Varying Life Expectancy; 8 Pension Insurance Reform with a Focus on Germany; 9 Theory and Policy; References; Name Index; Subject Index.

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