Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/205648 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
New Zealand Treasury Working Paper No. 13/24
Publisher: 
New Zealand Government, The Treasury, Wellington
Abstract: 
This paper provides a technical introduction to the use of the elasticity of taxable income in welfare comparisons and optimal tax discussions. It draws together, using a consistent framework and notation, a number of established results concerning marginal welfare changes and optimal taxes. Particular attention is given to the way value judgements can be specified when using this approach, and results are illustrated using the New Zealand income tax. In addition, some new results, particularly in terms of non-marginal tax changes, are presented.
Subjects: 
Income taxation
Taxable income
Elasticity of taxable income
Excess burden of taxation
Marginal welfare cost
Optimum tax
JEL: 
H21
H24
H31
ISBN: 
978-0-478-40385-5
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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