Research Paper No. 648

DIFFERENT CONSUMPTION TAXES AND EQUITY: THE LIMITS TO REDISTRIBUTION

by

John Creedy

August 1998

Department of Economics. University of Melbourne. Parkville Victoria 3052 Australia

ABSTRACT

CONTENTS
 
 

1 Introduction
 
 

2 Budget Shares and Tax Structures

2.1 Progressive Tax Structures

2.2 Variations in Budget Shares

2.3 Alternative Tax Structures
 
 

3 Welfare Changes and Total Expenditure

3.1 The Welfare Measures

3.2 Numerical Results
 
 

4 Social Evaluations

4.1 Abbreviated Social Welfare Functions

4.2 Numerical Results
 
 

5 Conclusions
 
 

A Different Demographic Groups
 
 

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