Author: | Blumkin, T. Sadka, E. |
Title: | A case for taxing charitable donations |
Journal: | Journal of Public Economics
2007 : AUG, VOL. 91:7-8, p. 1555-1564 |
Index terms: | taxation charities inequality social status signaling models |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | In this paper, a model allowing for public goods and status signaling through charitable contributions is developed. This setup is used to re-examine the conventional practice of rendering a favourable tax treatment to charitable contributions. |
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