This paper explores the effects of a menu of intergenerational fiscal policies (public debt financed by taxes, PAYG social security system, inheritance taxation) in an overlapping-generations model with perfect altruism. It generalizes Barro's model by introducing intragenerational...

In this paper we discuss the interest of applying differential co-payment rates across alternative medical treatments. Two treatment strategies are considered: a long term strategy in which patients apply preventive measures before knowing if they have the disease and an emergency strategy where...