Should robots be taxed?
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- dc.contributor.author Guerreiro, Joaoca
- dc.contributor.author Rebelo, Sergioca
- dc.contributor.author Teles, Pedroca
- dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-25T10:12:48Z
- dc.date.available 2018-04-25T10:12:48Z
- dc.date.issued 2018-02
- dc.description.abstract We use a model of automation to show that with the current U.S. tax system, a fall in automation costs could lead to a massive rise in income inequality. This inequality can be reduced by raising marginal income tax rates and taxing robots. But this solution involves a substantial efficiency loss for the reduced level of inequality. A Mirrleesian optimal income tax can reduce inequality at a smaller efficiency cost, but is difficult to implement. An alternative approach is to amend the current tax system to include a lump-sum rebate. In our model, with the rebate in place, it is optimal to tax robots only when there is partial automation.ca
- dc.description.sponsorship The ADEMU Working Paper Series is being supported by the European Commission Horizon 2020 European Union funding for Research & Innovation, grant agreement No 649396.
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- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34457
- dc.language.iso engca
- dc.relation.ispartofseries ADEMU Working Paper Series;85
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/649396
- dc.rights This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properlyattributed.ca
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- dc.subject.keyword Inequalityen
- dc.subject.keyword Optimal taxationen
- dc.subject.keyword Automationen
- dc.subject.keyword Robotsen
- dc.title Should robots be taxed?ca
- dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperca