identity and extent of the efforts of paid lobbyists to influence Federal officials.” Recommendations for reform include …

Economists recommend to partly redistribute gains to losers from a structural reform, which in many cases may be … required for making the reform politically viable. However, taxation is distortionary. Then, it is unclear that compensatory … transfers can support a Pareto-improving reform. This paper provides sufficient conditions for this to occur, despite tax …

Economists recommend to partly redistribute gains to losers from a structural reform, which in many cases may be … required for making the reform politically viable. However, taxation is distortionary. Then, it is unclear that compensatory … transfers can support a Pareto-improving reform. This paper provides sufficient conditions for this to occur, despite tax …