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Definition of Laffer curve
1. Noun. A graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laffer Curve
Literary usage of Laffer curve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capital (1888)
"Professor Laffer originated "the Laffer curve", which charts a relation between
taxes and revenues and shows an optimum point beyond which higher taxes ..."
2. Capital, the State, and Labour: A Global Perspective by Juliet Schor, Jong-Il You (1995)
"Both the so-called and mysterious Laffer curve and the impressive comeback of
neo-Schumpeterian ideas about the role of entrepreneurs and innovation in the ..."
3. Human Development and the Environment: Challenges for the United Nations in by J. A. van Ginkel (2002)
"... A Review of Issues", Journal of Economic Literature 35 (1997): 1320-1346. 9.
The Laffer curve is named after Professor Laffer ..."
4. Waiter, There's a Horse in My Wine: A Treasury of Entertainment, Exploration by Jennifer "Chotzi" Rosen (2005)
"To my exhusband Mike Rosen, for his help and support, his healthy respect for
nepotism, and for introducing me to the Laffer curve. ..."
5. OECD Economic Surveys: Sweden by Publishing Oecd Publishing (2005)
"By construction, the MCPF tends to infinity as the economy approaches the maximum
of the Laffer curve and becomes negative thereafter. 1. ..."
6. Oecd 2000 Private Pensions Conference by Oecd (2001)
"In summary, the 1992 social security tax increase looks like a text book case of
exceeding the maximum of the Laffer curve For the rest of the period ..."
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