1) There are 100 individuals where 80 of them are poor and builds the public, and 20 are rich elites that that controls the government. Each individual takes utility from consumption with a utility function ui (ci) = Ci. 100 The government collects income tax with a rate 7 € [0, 1] and transfers income T≥ 0 to each individual. The government pays a total cost of 17² Σiª y; for collecting tax where y; is income of individual i. Each poor individual has an income 40,000 USD and each rich has an income 120,000 USD per annum. The elites choose an income tax rate 7, after observing it the public either accepts the policy or makes a revolution. If they make a revolution, they grab all the income of elites and share them among themselves equally. Revolution is costly and μ€ [0, 1] share of the total income in the economy gets lost if there is a revolution. a) For μ = 0.9, find if there will a revolution or not, and it there will not be a revolution find the equilibrium tax rate. b) Repeat (a) when μ = 0.5. c) Repeat (a) when μ = 0.1.

1) There are 100 individuals where 80 of them are poor and builds the public, and 20 are rich elites that that controls the government. Each individual takes utility from consumption with a utility function ui (ci) = Ci. 100 The government collects income tax with a rate 7 € [0, 1] and transfers income T≥ 0 to each individual. The government pays a total cost of 17² Σiª y; for collecting tax where y; is income of individual i. Each poor individual has an income 40,000 USD and each rich has an income 120,000 USD per annum. The elites choose an income tax rate 7, after observing it the public either accepts the policy or makes a revolution. If they make a revolution, they grab all the income of elites and share them among themselves equally. Revolution is costly and μ€ [0, 1] share of the total income in the economy gets lost if there is a revolution. a) For μ = 0.9, find if there will a revolution or not, and it there will not be a revolution find the equilibrium tax rate. b) Repeat (a) when μ = 0.5. c) Repeat (a) when μ = 0.1.

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