INDECS, Vol. 7 No. 1, 2009.
Original scientific paper
Taxes in a Wealth Distribution Model by Inelastically Scattering of Particles
Sebastian Guala
; Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Buenos Aires
Abstract
In this work we use an inelastic scattering process of particles to propose a model able to reproduce the salient features of the wealth distribution in an economy by including taxes to each trading process and redistributing that collected among the population according to a given criterion. Additionally, we show that different optimal levels of taxes may exist depending on the redistribution criterion.
Keywords
wealth distribution; inelastic collisions
Hrčak ID:
76798
URI
Publication date:
3.7.2009.
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