Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security

by Peter A. Diamond

Book Overview

In this book, Peter Diamond analyzes social security as a particular example of optimal taxation theory. Assuming a world of incomplete markets and asymmetric information, he uses a variety of simple models to illuminate the economic forces that bear on specific social security policy issues. The focus is on the degree of progressivity desirable in social security and the design of incentives to delay retirement beyond the earliest age of eligibility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262541823
• ISBN13: 9780262541824
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher