Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20916 
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Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 82
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Incomplete information is a commitment device for time consistency problems. In the context of time consistent labor income taxation privacy can lead to a Pareto superior outcome and increases the effectiveness of public education as a second best policy.
Subjects: 
Privacy
commitment
time consistent income taxation
JEL: 
H23
H21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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