believe utilitarianism to be insufficiently egalitarian. Second, utilitarianism does not give independent weight to other …

individuals' moral intuitions. The essay then explores an alternative normative framework, dubbed the Just Deserts Theory …

puzzle in standard economic models. To study this phenomenon, we propose a positive theory of IEAs in which the political … (might not be implemented in full). The theory also provides a new perspective for understanding investments in green …

This article surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law -- the use of public agents (inspectors, tax auditors …, police, prosecutors) to detect and to sanction violators of legal rules. We first present the basic elements of the theory … examine a variety of extensions of the central theory, concerning accidental harms, costs of imposing fines, errors, general …