Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177282 
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Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2018-31
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The author reviews recent studies of how social status concerns influence individual preferences for redistribution and impact the design of optimal tax policies. He focuses on two aspects: the relevant dimension over which relative concerns are defined and the different formalizations of the notion of social status that the authors provide.
Subjects: 
social status
redistribution
externalities
optimal taxation
JEL: 
D31
D62
H21
H23
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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