Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/181662 
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Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal [ISSN:] 1864-6042 [Volume:] 12 [Issue:] 2018-55 [Publisher:] Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 1-17
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The author reviews recent studies that investigate how social status concerns influence individual preferences for redistribution and impact the design of optimal tax policies. He focuses on two aspects: the relevant dimension over which relative concerns are defined and the different formalizations of the notion of social status that the authors provide.
Subjects: 
social status
redistribution
externalities
optimal taxation
JEL: 
D31
D62
H21
H23
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