The Italian theories of progressive taxationFootnote∗

 ∗ A first version of this paper was given at the Public Economic Theory conference (PET 06), Hanoi, 30 July–3 August 2006. The paper benefited from critical comments by Amedeo Fossati and three anonymous referees. Of course any remaining error rests with the author.

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