Growth and the relativity of satisfaction

DOI10.1016/S0165-4896(98)00009-2zbMATH Open0930.91032OpenAlexW2169226522WikidataQ128100669 ScholiaQ128100669MaRDI QIDQ1296458FDOQ1296458

Authors: David de la Croix 

Publication date: 2 August 1999

Published in: Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-4896(98)00009-2

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zbMATH Keywords

social normscapital taxationfiscal policyoptimal taxationhabit formationRamsey's modelmodified golden rule

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation) (91B64) Economic growth models (91B62)

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• Public Finance in Models of Economic Growth
• Production, growth and business cycles: Technical appendix
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• An alternative methodology for solving nonlinear forward-looking models
• Optimal Redistributive Taxation When Individual Welfare Depends Upon Relative Income
• Optimal growth when tastes are inherited
• Optimal Saving Programs under Intertemporally Dependent Preferences
• The dynamics of bequeathed tastes

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