Income redistribution in open economies

Can Capital Income Taxes Survive in an Open Economies ?

Antitrust in Open Economies

We examine antitrust rules in a two county general equilibrium trade model, contrasting national and multilateral (cooperative) determination of competition policy, exploring the properties of policy equilibrium. It is not imperfect competition, but variation in competitive stance between sectors that matters for trading partners. Beggar-thy-neighbor competition policies relate to countries’ co...

Ameliorating Congestion by Income Redistribution

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Understanding Preferences for Income Redistribution

We are grateful for funding under the Robock Award in Empirical Economics from the University of Wisconsin. Wei-Yin Loh provided invaluable advice on the implementation of the tree regression methods employed in this paper. Keely thanks WARF and the Brookings Institution for generous research support, and Brookings for their hospitality. Tan thanks the generous research support provided by the ...

Efficient Income Redistribution in a Growing Economy

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