Fundamental to any theory of capital taxation is a description of individual savings behavior. Successful descriptions of savings behavior have often resorted to the habit formation hypothesis. This paper studies the effect of habit formation on optimal capital taxes in a dynamic Mirrleesian model. We make three distinct contributions. First, we decompose intertemporal wedges (implicit capital ...

This study aimed to understand how systematic changes in arch height and two designs of heel wedging affect soft tissues under the foot. Soft tissue thickness under the heel and navicular was measured using ultrasound. Heel pad thickness was measured when subjects were standing on a flat surface and standing on an orthosis with 4 and 8 degree extrinsic wedges and 4 mm and 8 mm intrinsic wedges ...

In this paper we present some new constructions of small strong -nets for rectangles, strips and wedges based on simple geometric arguments. For rectangular range spaces we improve upon the earlier known bound on for net set size of 2. For strips and wedges for which only lower bounds were known, we bound from above for net set sizes of 2, 3 and 4. Further, we show that the net constructed for ...

Previous studies have demonstrated a discrete population of midmyocardial (M) cells in the ventricular myocardium having excessive action potential duration (APD) prolongation during long activation cycle lengths (CL) and under the influence of APD-prolonging agents. However, M cells have not been found in other studies. Existing explanations for the discrepancies appear inadequate. We hypothes...

Propagation of flexural localized vibration modes along edges of anisotropic wedges is considered in the framework of the geometrical-acoustics approach. Its application allows for straightforward evaluation of the wedge-mode velocities in the general case of arbitrary elastic anisotropy. The velocities depend on the wedge apex angle and on the mode number in the same way as in the isotropic ca...

Magnetic slot wedges are often used to improve starting performance of large induction motors. In this paper we have investigated – through simulation – the effects of the wedges on the performance characteristics of the motor and core losses under no load condition. Both analytical and hybrid two-dimensional field-circuit models have been used. In order to reliably establish the parameters of ...

The Centerpoint Theorem states that, for any set S of n points in R, there exists a point p in R such that every closed halfspace containing p contains at least dn/(d+ 1)e points of S. We consider generalizations of the Centerpoint Theorem in which halfspaces are replaced with wedges (cones) of angle α. In R, we give bounds that are tight for all values of α and give an O(n) time algorithm to f...

A bstract We study the holographic duality between free O( N ) vector model and higher spin gravity. Conserved spinning primary currents of conformal field theory (CFT) are dual to gauge fields in Reducing independent components conserved CFT one finds two at each spin. After fixing gravity then reducing components, Collective provides a systematic way map these sets degrees freedom, providing ...