We consider the notion of welfare stigma à la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants … benefits. However, due to imperfect information, this stigma may be extended, with some probability, to all welfare claimants …. We examine the implications of this kind of stigma for the design of welfare programs. …

prices versus tradable quantities in terms of expected welfare, given uncertainty, optimal policy and endogenous cost … structure. I show that one cannot determine which regulatory instrument that induces the highest expected welfare based on the …

We present the results from a natural experiment in which single mothers on welfare were stimulated to find a job. Two … municipalities in The Netherlands, a country with relatively high benefits and low incentives for single mothers to leave welfare for … work. In our analysis, we make a distinction between native and immigrant welfare recipients. For immigrant single mothers …

internal debt, a number of developing countries do not. In this paper, we analyze the effect on FDI and host country welfare of … limits facilitates more aggressive transfer pricing and results in lower host country welfare. …

This paper investigates the welfare costs of unilateral versus internationally coordinated emission permit policies in … country, the domestic welfare costs of a unilateral domestic permit policy are larger than of an internationally coordinated … the post-Kyoto era since bearing the costs of foreign actionism is cheaper, in terms of welfare, than agreeing on …

We propose a new criterion which reflects both the concern for welfare (utility) and the concern for rights in the … the set of all feasible thresholds, accounting for the “cost in terms of welfare” of achieving these rights. We apply the …

welfare, and potentially reduces voter welfare on policy outcomes, thus calling for more strict electoral laws. …

, since these policies have undesirable welfare effects among segments of wage-earning households, they may not garner the …