progressive taxation

collocation in English

meaningsofprogressiveandtaxation

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progressive
adjective
uk
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/us
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/
developing or ...
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taxation
noun[U]
uk
/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/us
/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/
the system of ...
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(Definition ofprogressiveandtaxationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When u is small, the premium is larger and the response toprogressivetaxationis smaller.
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For parameterizations considered here, however, unskilled workers nonetheless preferprogressivetaxation.
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As u increases, steady-state losses associated withprogressivetaxationdecrease for all agents.
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When u is relatively small, agents are split in their preferences forprogressivetaxation.
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The spectre ofprogressivetaxationprobably changed his mind.
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The increase in the tax rate on capital required to fund theprogressivetaxationwill generate a decrease in agents' rates of saving and, hence, in the stock of capital.
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Though not shown here, we find that when u is equal to its smallest value, skilled agents prefer moderatelyprogressivetaxationto both regressive taxation and more extremelyprogressivetaxation.
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While he is speaking specifically of the housing project he designed, his sentiments encode a general rejection ofprogressivetaxationor government welfare projects.
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Since the supply of unskilled labor is larger withprogressivetaxation, it is not clear ex ante that unskilled workers will prefer to be taxed at a lower rate.
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Most cuadrillas imposed a local ' taxation ' to cover operational costs, one elaborating even a crude system ofprogressivetaxation.
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The rub was that this expansion of insurance was to be paid for by older people themselves throughprogressivetaxation.
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Thus, in spite of everything,progressivetaxationusing green taxes is better.
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A strong principle underlies that philosophy ofprogressivetaxation.
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That is why they do not adopt aprogressivetaxationsystem.
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Progressivetaxationis based on an assumption of ability to pay, graduated accorded to means.
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I am a politician who believes inprogressivetaxation.
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I want us to build support forprogressivetaxation.
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This latest increase makes the whole contribution system look likeprogressivetaxation.
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The days are gone when we needed to have so-calledprogressivetaxationto do social justice.
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Should not we begin to considerprogressivetaxation?
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