Browsing by Author "Wendner, Ronald"
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Charity as Income Redistribution: A Model with Optimal Taxation, Status, and Social Stigma
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Wendner, Ronald (2019-09)Our framework integrates (i) public and private redistribution, (ii) the warm glow of giving and stigma of receiving charitable donations, and (iii) status concerns emanating from social comparisons with respect to charitable ... -
Charity, Status, and Optimal Taxation: Welfarist and Non-Welfarist Approaches
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Wendner, Ronald (University of Gothenburg, 2021-06)This paper analyzes optimal taxation of charitable giving to a public good in a Mirrleesian framework with social comparisons. Leisure separability together with zero transaction costs of giving imply that charitable giving ... -
Charity, Status, and Optimal Taxation: Welfarist and Paternalist Approaches
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Wendner, Ronald (2019-04)This paper deals with tax policy responses to charitable giving, defined in terms of voluntary contributions to a public good, to which the government also contributes through public revenue; the set of tax instruments ... -
Redistribution through Charity and Optimal Taxation when People are Concerned with Social Status
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Wendner, Ronald (2016-01)This paper deals with tax policy responses to charitable giving based on a model of optimal redistributive income taxation. The major contribution is the simultaneous treatment of (i) warm-glow and stigma effects of ...