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Decomposable measures of income tax progressivity |
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| Authors: | Sourushe Zandvakili |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , OH , 45221 , USA;2. The Jerome Levy Economics Institute , Annandale-on-Hudson, New York , 12504 , USA |
| Abstract: | A class of decomposable income tax progressivity indices is defined by using a family of generalized entropy measures. For demonstration, changes in income tax progressivity in the United States are studied over time. |
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