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Public finance

the result that with an optimal nonlinear income tax and separable preferences, differentiated commodity taxes are unnecessary.

In public finance, Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem refers to the result that with an optimal nonlinear income tax and separable preferences, differentiated commodity taxes are unnecessary. This meaning comes from Atkinson (1976) in Journal of Public Economics.[1]

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Atkinson, A. B., & Stiglitz, J. E. (1976). The design of tax structure: Direct versus indirect taxation. Journal of Public Economics, 6(1-2), 55-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2727(76)90041-4

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