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Author(s)	Dardanoni V; Lambert P
Title	Horizontal inequity comparisons
Journal	SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE 18(4):799-816
Date	2001 OCT
Type	Article
Address	Univ Palermo, I-90128 Palermo, Italy Univ Palermo, I-90128 Palermo, Italy Univ York, Dept Econ, York YO1 5DD, N Yorkshire, England
Abstract	In this paper, we expound the idea that horizontal inequity (H1) in different tax systems be compared by transplanting the H1 from one tax system into the other, as a mapping between its pre- and post-tax living standard distributions, and then applying known results to compare the extent of association present in the two joint distributions. We make this idea operational by means of axioms which, we show, lead to an implementable procedure based on the 'copula'. Statistical inference procedures are discussed, and illustrative empirical exercises are undertaken for the UK, Canadian and Israeli tax and benefit systems.
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