concerning the health effects of the consumption of fat and of healthy goods. The level of the fat tax is determined through … majority voting. Individuals vote according to their misperceived utility function. Consequently, excessive fat consumption is … fraction of the fat tax proceeds is “earmarked” to reduce health insurance premiums while the remaining fraction finances a …

We study how seemingly benign changes to voting costs affect electoral turnout, exploiting plausibly exogenous … relocations cause a persistent shift from in-person to mail-in voting and a transitory drop in overall turnout by 0 … forgo voting today and turn to mail-in voting in ensuing elections. The drop in participation is stronger in precincts with …

how a novel criterion, Strongly Anonymous Utilitarianism, can be characterized by combining Strong Anonymity with other …

overestimate their 5-year risks of a heart attack and a stroke. Obese individuals are thus aware of some but not all obesity …

framework. We test the model’s predictions in a laboratory experiment. Both in theory and in the experiment diagnostic … uncertainty decreases the rate of efficient service provision and leads to less trade. In theory, insurance also decreases the …

With (automatic) exchange of tax information among countries now common, tax evaders have had to find new ways to hide … probability that their tax evasion is detected through information exchange. Using data on cross-border bank deposits, we find … that deposits in tax havens increase after a country starts offering a citizenship-by-investment program, providing …