Optimal tax in his article titled "Using Elasticities to Derive Optimal Income Tax Rates" derives a formula for optimal level of income tax using the both compensated and uncompensated elasticities. Saez writes the tradeoff between equity and efficiency is a central consideration of optimal taxation, and implementing a progressive tax allows the government to reallocate their resources where they are needed most. However, this deters those of higher income levels to work at their optimal level. Saez decomposes the marginal effects of a tax change into mechanical, behavioural and welfare effects, as follows: The sum of these effects should be zero at
Laffer, South Australia which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Laffer had a population of 48 people. Laffer is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Tatiara District Council. Laffer, South Australia Laffer is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s south-east about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the municipal seat in Bordertown. Its boundaries were created on 24 August 2000. Its name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Laffer which it occupies