Talk:Taxable income elasticity

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[edit] Renaming "Laffer Curve" article to "Taxable income elasticity"

The article appears to have been renamed. Was there any discussion of this change of name? It seems a bit too radical to me. For starters the term "taxable income" implies that the laffer curve applies to income taxes only. It is certainly general enough to apply to things such as VAT and GST also. Pretty much any tax based on transactions will have an impact on terms of trade. I don't agree with the name change. In common usage the concept is still refered to as the "Laffer Curve". Terjepetersen 02:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I concur with you on this one. Wikipedia naming policy is to conform to the common usage in a field. Unless someone can produce a citation showing that at least some economists do commonly refer to "taxable income elasticity," I suggest that the article should be moved back to "Laffer Curve." --Coolcaesar 20:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I have undone the move. It was a silly idea and there was no consensus for it. I am moving all the relevant discussion that was here to Talk:Laffer curve. The Land 16:57, 15 July 2006 (UTC)