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dc.contributor.authorLeroux, Marie-Louiseen
dc.contributor.authorPestieau, Pierreen
dc.contributor.authorPonthiere, Grégoryen
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-08-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:49:31Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:49:31Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26659-
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the design of the optimal non linear taxation in an economy where longevity varies across agents, and depends on three factors: longevity genes, health investment and farsightedness. Provided earnings, farsightedness and genes are correlated, governmental intervention can be justified on two grounds: correction for a lack of farsightedness and redistribution across both earnings and genetic dimensions. Whether longevity-enhancing spending should be subsidized or taxed is shown to depend on the combined effects of myopia, self-selection and free-riding on the annuity returns. Our policy conclusions depend also on how productivity and genes are correlated, on the complementarity of genes and efforts in the survival function, and on how the government weights the welfare of heterogeneous agents. All in all, it might be desirable to tax longevity-enhancing spending.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2614en
dc.subject.jelH21en
dc.subject.jelI10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordoptimal taxationen
dc.subject.keywordlongevityen
dc.subject.keywordgenetic backgrounden
dc.subject.keywordheterogeneityen
dc.subject.keywordmyopiaen
dc.subject.stwOptimale Besteuerungen
dc.subject.stwSterblichkeiten
dc.subject.stwGesundheiten
dc.subject.stwGesundheitsvorsorgeen
dc.subject.stwGesundheitskostenen
dc.subject.stwSteuerbegünstigungen
dc.subject.stwBeschränkte Rationalitäten
dc.subject.stwZeitpräferenzen
dc.subject.stwKapitalertragsteueren
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleShould we subsidize longevity?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn599457279en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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