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Description
Title
Three Essays on Fiscal Policy and Redistribution
Author(s)
Carvalho De Mattos, Enlinson
Issue Date
2006
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Gahvari, Firouz
Department of Study
Economics
Discipline
Economics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Economics, General
Language
eng
Abstract
Finally, the third essay estimates the implicit social welfare functions of the USA and Brazil using PSID and PNAD for 1990 on direct taxes. Specifically, a non-parametric method is used to compute the density of the skills distribution and the social welfare functions. Under assumptions on the households' preferences the estimations suggest that both American and Brazilian social welfare functions are concave and Paretian; however only the estimated Brazilian social planner can be considered utilitarian.
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