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Asymmetric Information, Entrepreneurial Activity, and the Scope of Fiscal Policy in an Open Regional Economy

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2010

We analyze two hitherto little studied but salient questions concerning the trinity of asymmetric information, entrepreneurial activity, and the scope of fiscal policy in an open regional economy. First, we use a two period model to analyze the contractual relationship between entrepreneurs and...

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Asymmetric Information, Entrepreneurial Activity, and the Scope of Fiscal Policy in an Open Regional Economy

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2010

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Economic Analysis of Law

Kaplow, Louis; Shavell, Steven - 2000

This is a survey of the field of economic analysis of law, focusing on the work of economists. The survey covers the three central areas of civil law - liability for accidents (tort law), property law, and contracts - as well as the litigation process and public enforcement of law

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Income Taxation and Optimal Government Policy

Kaplow, Louis - 2005

Various economic literatures address the question whether first-best prescriptions for government policy require modification because redistributive income taxation distorts labor supply and cannot achieve the distributive ideal. Perhaps second-best rules for public goods provision, corrective...

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On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation

Kaplow, Louis; Shavell, Steven - 1998

The traditional view of economists has been that corrective taxes are superior to direct regulation of harmful … adopted the view that either corrective taxes or quantity regulation could be superior to the other. One argument for this … schedule) even when harm is nonlinear. Corrective taxes are indeed superior to quantity regulation if -- as seems more …

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Market Definition

Kaplow, Louis - 2014

Market definition has long held a central place in competition law. This entry surveys recent analytical work that has …

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Who will vote quadratically? : voter turnout and votes cast under quadratic voting

Kaplow, Louis; Kominers, Scott Duke - 2016

Who will vote quadratically in large-N elections under quadratic voting (QV)? First, who will vote? Although the core QV literature assumes that everyone votes, turnout is endogenous. Drawing on other work, we consider the representativeness of endogenously determined turnout under QV. Second,...

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Optimal design of private litigation

Kaplow, Louis - 2017

This article translates and extends Becker (1968) from public law enforcement to private litigation by examining optimal legal system design in a model with private suits, signals of case strength, court error, and two types of primary behavior: harmful acts that may be deterred and benign acts...

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Optimal multistage adjudication

Kaplow, Louis - 2017

In many settings, there are preliminary or interim decision points at which legal cases may be terminated: e.g., motions to dismiss and for summary judgment in U.S. civil litigation, grand jury decisions in criminal cases, and agencies' screening and other exercises of discretion in pursuing...

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Optimal Income Taxation

Kaplow, Louis - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This article explores subjects in optimal income taxation characterized by recent research interest, practical importance in light of concerns about inequality, potential for misunderstanding, and prospects for advancement. Throughout, the analysis highlights paths for further investigation....

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