Abstract
We develop a model that allows for public goods and status signaling through charitable contributions. We use this setup to re-examine the conventional practice of rendering a favorable tax treatment to charitable contributions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1555-1564 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Public Economics |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 7-8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Aug 2007 |
Keywords
- Charitable contributions
- Inequality
- Optimal taxation
- Re-distribution
- Signaling
- Social status
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Finance
- Economics and Econometrics