A Public Choice Explanation for the Decline in Real income Transfers

A Public Choice Explanation for the Decline in Real income Transfers

A public choice model is used to explain the decline in the sum of AFDC and food stamp transfers that occurred about the time the food stamp program was introduced. The theoretical results suggest that the decline may be due to an increase in the marginal cost of income redistribution that results f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public finance quarterly 1990-01, Vol.18 (1), p.123-134
1. Verfasser: Colburn, Christopher B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AFDC
Economic aspects
Effects
Finance
Food stamp program
Food stamps
Income maintenance programs
Income redistribution
Income tax
Interpretation and construction
Marginal costs
Mathematical models
Public finance
Real income
Social choice
Statistical analysis
Tax law
Tax rates
Taxation economics
Transfers
Utility functions
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Zusammenfassung:A public choice model is used to explain the decline in the sum of AFDC and food stamp transfers that occurred about the time the food stamp program was introduced. The theoretical results suggest that the decline may be due to an increase in the marginal cost of income redistribution that results from the negative income tax feature of the food stamp program and the increase in federal tax that is required to finance the program.
ISSN:0048-5853
1091-1421
1552-7530
DOI:10.1177/109114219001800109