Economics: Principles & Policy
Economics: Principles & Policy
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ISBN: 9781337696326
Author: William J. Baumol; Alan S. Blinder; John L. Solow
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 20, Problem 1DQ
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Leaky bucket analogy.

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When the government introduces the process of redistribution of income among its citizens to reduce the income inequality of the economy, there merges many leaks in the income, and they are together known as the leaky bucket. When the topic of leaky bucket analogy is discussed, the students who are interested in more equitable distributionwould be willing to accept a greater leakage in percentage terms. On the other hand, the students who are more interested in efficiency, they will accept a much lesser percentage.

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