Abstract
Governments have become an integral part of economics in modern societies. The extent of government involvement is not limited to legislation, foreign policy, or law and order. Governments intervene in economic affairs by collecting taxes and spending what they collect. The amount of taxes and who pays them, as well as the amount of government expenditures and who receives them, has a significant impact on income distribution. However, the main focus of the study of fiscal policy is on the overall economic impact of government involvement in the economy, instead of its distributional effects. While we know that when a person is taxed his or her utility is reduced, and when someone receives a payment, either because of selling something ...
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