1927 paper "A Contribution to the Theory of Taxation"

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academic paper economics paper

The 1927 paper "A Contribution to the Theory of Taxation" is Frank P. Ramsey’s foundational work in public economics that introduced the optimal taxation framework now known as Ramsey pricing.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic paper ⓘ economics paper ⓘ
aimsTo	minimize welfare loss from raising a given revenue ⓘ
author	F. P. Ramsey ⓘ surface form: Frank P. Ramsey
citedAs	Ramsey (1927) ⓘ
contributionTo	formalization of optimal indirect taxes ⓘ foundation of Ramsey pricing in public economics ⓘ
countryOfPublication	United Kingdom ⓘ
field	optimal taxation theory ⓘ public economics ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	On a Problem of Formal Logic ⓘ surface form: Ramsey 1927 paper 1927 paper "A Contribution to the Theory of Taxation" ⓘ surface form: Ramsey’s optimal taxation paper
hasImpactOnPolicy	design of commodity tax systems ⓘ regulation of natural monopolies ⓘ
hasImpactOnTheory	development of second-best welfare economics ⓘ
hasKeyAssumption	competitive markets apart from taxation ⓘ given government revenue requirement ⓘ representative consumer ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundational work in public economics ⓘ one of the earliest formal treatments of optimal taxation ⓘ
influencedConcept	marginal cost pricing with markups ⓘ nonlinear pricing in regulated industries ⓘ second-best taxation ⓘ
influencedField	modern optimal tax theory ⓘ public finance ⓘ regulatory pricing ⓘ
introducedConcept	Ramsey pricing ⓘ 1927 paper "A Contribution to the Theory of Taxation" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ramsey rule for optimal commodity taxation inverse elasticity rule for taxation ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTopic	efficient tax structure under revenue constraint ⓘ minimization of excess burden of taxation ⓘ optimal commodity taxation ⓘ welfare maximization subject to government budget constraint ⓘ
proposes	tax rates inversely related to demand elasticities ⓘ
publicationYear	1927 ⓘ
publishedIn	The Economic Journal ⓘ
publisher	Royal Economic Society ⓘ
relatedToWork	Ramsey’s work on saving and optimal growth ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century economics ⓘ
usesMethod	Lagrange multipliers ⓘ constrained optimization ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Ramsey rule for optimal commodity taxation

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this entity surface form: Ramsey’s optimal taxation paper