Tax evasion and the marginal cost of public funds

Tax evasion is analogous to dead weight loss in its effect upon the rules for cost-benefits analysis of public sector projects. Dead weight loss and tax evasion both cause the marginal cost of public funds to increase in tax rates. In one case, the social cost id from the diversion of resources from...

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Main Author: Usher, D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kingston, Ontario Department of Economics, Queen's University 1986.
Edition:Revised [edition].
Series:Institute for Economic Research. Discussion paper no. 637
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