Jack and Jill live alone on an island. Their labour supply schedules are identical and given by

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Jack and Jill live alone on an island. Their labour supply schedules are identical and given by L = (1 - t )w, where t is the income tax rate and w denotes the wage. Jill’s wage is 6 and Jack’s is 2. The tax paid by an individual is twL and each receives a transfer equal to half the total revenues. Jack and Jill have identical utility functions given by U = C - (1/2)L2, where C denotes consumption (the individual’s income after tax and transfer). If the social welfare function is W = 3UJack + UJill , what is the optimal tax rate?

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Public Finance In Canada

ISBN: 9781259030772

5th Canadian Edition

Authors: Harvey S. Rosen, Ted Gayer, Jean-Francois Wen, Tracy Snoddon

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