%0 Report %A Konrad, Kai A. %T Privacy, time consistent optimal labor income taxation and education policy %D 1999 %8 1999 Dec %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 82 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp82 %X Incomplete information is a commitment device for time consistency problems. In the contextof time consistent labor income taxation privacy can lead to a Pareto superior outcome and increases the effectiveness of public education as a second best policy. %K Privacy %K time consistent income taxation %K commitment