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Limits and Problems of Taxation

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Finn R. Førsund

    1. University of Oslo, Norway

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  2. Seppo Honkapohja

    1. Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation, Helsinki, Finland

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Part of the book series: Scandinavian Journal of Economics (SJE)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Editorial Introduction

    1. Editorial Introduction

      • Finn R. Førsund, Seppo Honkapohja
      Pages 1-3

  3. Limits of Taxation

    1. The Ethical Limits of Taxation

      • James M. Buchanan
      Pages 4-16

    2. Marginal Cost of Public Funds for Different Tax Instruments and Government Expenditures

      • Ingemar Hansson
      Pages 17-32

    3. Redistributional Aspects of Tax Evasion

      • Mats Persson, Pehr Wissén
      Pages 33-51

    4. The UK Tax System, Structure and Progressivity, 1948–1982

      • Andrew Dilnot, John Kay, Nick Morris
      Pages 52-67

  5. Problems of the Corporate Tax

    1. Inflation, Depreciation and the Neutrality of the Corporate Income Tax

      • Erik Biørn
      Pages 116-130

    2. Uncertainty, Welfare Cost and the “Adaptability” of U.S. Corporate Taxes

      • Don Fullerton, Andrew B. Lyon, Richard J. Rosen
      Pages 131-145

    3. Do Tax Allowances Stimulate Investment?

      • Villy Bergström, Jan Södersten
      Pages 146-170

  6. Alternatives to Current Tax Forms

    1. The Wage Rate Tax—An Alternative to the Income Tax?

      • N. Sören Blomquist
      Pages 171-187

    2. The Role and Design of the Corporate Income Tax

      • Robin W. Boadway, Neil Bruce, Jack Mintz
      Pages 188-201
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Oslo, Norway

    Finn R. Førsund

  • Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation, Helsinki, Finland

    Seppo Honkapohja

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Limits and Problems of Taxation

  • Editors: Finn R. Førsund, Seppo Honkapohja

  • Series Title: Scandinavian Journal of Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08094-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-08096-0Published: 01 January 1985

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08094-6Published: 18 June 1985

  • Series ISSN: 2946-9198

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-9201

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 201

  • Topics: Public Finance

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