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A Note on Progressive Taxation and Cooperation
Author(s) -
COZZI GUIDO
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of public economic theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.809
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1467-9779
pISSN - 1097-3923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2005.00249.x
Subject(s) - dilemma , economics , politics , prisoner's dilemma , public economics , microeconomics , political science , law , game theory , philosophy , epistemology
This paper shows that marginally progressive taxation may help independent agents to sustain cooperation in a repeated prisoners' dilemma setting. It is suggested that political support for progressive taxation schemes may be affected by the desire to promote more cooperation among individuals.