Towards a Catallactic Approach to Public Finance

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2014-08

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Hebert, David

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Why are tax policies around the world long, complicated, and rife with loopholes despite virtually universal agreement that a shorter, simpler tax code with fewer loopholes would be preferred? Traditional explanations, which are implicitly grounded in a choice-theoretic framework, are unable to provide an answer to this question. This dissertation seeks to provide an alternative, rules-based approach to answering this question and ultimately to answering the question of how taxation and appropriation policies are created.

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Economics, Economic theory, Catallaxy, Public choice, Public finance, Taxation

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