Positional Externalities as an Argument for Tax Progressivity: A Critical Analysis

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dc.contributor.advisorKlein, Daniel B.
dc.contributor.authorQuain, Anthony James
dc.creatorQuain, Anthony James
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-28T03:06:15Z
dc.date.available2014-08-28T03:06:15Z
dc.date.issued2013-08
dc.description.abstractIn the last forty years, social science research has demonstrated that individuals care significantly about relative ("positional") economic well-being and that gains in private income and/or consumption thereby cast a negative externality on other individuals whose own income and/or consumption declines in relative terms. To resolve the externality, a progressive income or consumption tax has been advocated. In this dissertation I present three papers that critically analyze tax progressivity as a response to positional externalities.
dc.format.extent203 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/8749
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2013 Anthony James Quain
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectEconomic theory
dc.subjectAdaptation
dc.subjectEnvy
dc.subjectIncome Averaging
dc.subjectPositional Externality
dc.subjectProgressive Taxation
dc.subjectReciprocal Externality
dc.titlePositional Externalities as an Argument for Tax Progressivity: A Critical Analysis
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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