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Mirrlees Model

The Mirrlees Model is a theoretical framework in optimal taxation that determines the socially optimal structure of nonlinear income taxation by balancing efficiency and redistributive equity under asymmetric information about individuals' earning abilities.

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15.5K

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182

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136

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2017–2026

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Mirrlees Optimal Tax Model

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Publications

172

An Exploration in the Theory of Optimum Income Taxation

James A. Mirrlees · The Review of Economic Studies · 1971 · 4.4K citations

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A Model of Income Distribution

D. G. Champernowne · The Economic Journal · 1953 · 925 citations

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Optimal income taxation : an example with a U-shaped pattern of optimal marginal tax rates

Peter Dia­mond · DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · 1994 · 668 citations · Full text

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The Case for a Progressive Tax: From Basic Research to Policy Recommendation

Peter Dia­mond, Emmanuel Saez · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2011 · 544 citations

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Justifying the First-Order Approach to Principal-Agent Problems

Ian Jewitt · Econometrica · 1988 · 531 citations

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Authors

182

  1. JA
    James A. Mirrlees

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    13 publications · 5.1K citations

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  2. IW
    Iván Werning

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    9 publications · 912 citations

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  3. FB
    Felix Bierbrauer

    Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics, Germany

    7 publications · 160 citations

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  4. MG
    Mikhail Golosov

    Yale University, United States

    6 publications · 423 citations

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  5. EF
    Emmanuel Farhi

    Harvard University Press, United States

    6 publications · 384 citations

    6

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Institutions

136

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    605 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    448 citations

  4. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    943 citations

  5. Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique

    Palaiseau, France

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    425 citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    147 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    248 citations

  8. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    147 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 19 publications · 712 citations

    14

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  2. The Review of Economic Studies

    15 publications · 5.8K citations

    13

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  3. The Economic Journal

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

    11

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  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 9 publications · 314 citations

    9

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  5. Journal of Public Economics

    8 publications · 379 citations

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