Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92765 
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Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Discussion Paper No. 590
Publisher: 
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka
Abstract: 
Recently, several papers have re-examined the so-called production efficiency theorem and the Atkinson and Stiglitz theorem on commodity taxes in the optimal taxation literature. Naito (1999) showed that indirect redistribution through production distortion or consumption distortion can Pareto-improve welfare and that the two theorems do not necessarily hold when different factors are imperfect substitutes and factor prices are endogenous. On the other hand, Saez (2001) argued that in the long run where human capital accumulation is endogenous, the two theorems are still valid. This paper develops reasonable alternative models where individuals accumulate human capital based on their comparative advantage. The present paper shows that the production efficiency theorem is not necessarily valid and that indirect redistribution from the able to the less able such as tariffs and production subsidies can increase efficiency even when skill accumulation is endogenous.
Subjects: 
human capital accumulation
non-linear income taxation
comparative advantage
JEL: 
H21
H23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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