Redistribuzione del reddito e politica di bilancio nell'America Latina.

Abstract

Bringing about a distribution of income that reflects the prevailing views of society has been one of the traditional objectives of public economic policy. There are obviously many alternative ways in which the government of a country can bring about a more even distribution of income. This paper, however, does not deal with these options but rather, concentrates on the changes which can be brought about after gross income has already been generated. In other words, it emphasises the role of budgetary policy on income redistribution. Or, putting it differently, it discusses the role that taxes and public expenditures are supposed to have on redistributing income. JEL: E24, H61, H20, H50

Keywords

• Distribution of income
• budgetary policy
• taxes
• public expenditures
• redistribution