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Optimal Indirect Regulation of Externalities

Kang, Zi Yang - 2022

When individuals generate different amounts of externality that cannot be directly measured or taxed, how should they be regulated? I study the optimal regulation of externalities via an imperfect proxy good, characterize the optimal policy, and show that it includes quantity surcharges and...

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Chapter 10 Taxation

Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007

This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities—and the mapping between these functions and various...

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Chapter 6 The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law

Polinsky, A. Mitchell; Shavell, Steven - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 403-454). 2007

This chapter surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law—the use of governmental agents (regulators, inspectors … apprehending violators? A variety of extensions of the central theory are then examined, including: activity level; errors; the …

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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth

Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006

This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic … analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent … voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective …

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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity

Kolm, Serge-Christophe - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1-122). 2006

Altruism, giving and pro-social conduct, and reciprocity, are the basis of the existence and performance of societies, through their various occurrences: in families; among the diverse motives of the political and public sector; as the general respect and moral conduct which permit life in...

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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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Precautionary Effect and Variations of the Value of Information

Gilotte, Laurent; de Lara, Michel - 2005

For a sequential, two-period decision problem with uncertainty and under broad conditions (non-finite sample set, endogenous risk, active learning and stochastic dynamics), a general sufficient condition is provided to compare the optimal initial decisions with or without information arrival in...

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Private Provision of Public Goods : Incentives for Donations

Pittel, Karen; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G. - 2005

In many countries the government supports individuals' and companies' donations dedicated to charity organizations or - more general - to public goods. Yet the effects of governmental support with respect to the provision of public goods has been and still is subject to an extensive debate in...

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Ethnic discrimination in China's internet job board labor market

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

We conduct a large-scale field experiment to investigate how Chinese firms respond to Internet job board applications from ethnic minority and Han applicants. We signal ethnicity by using names that are typically Han Chinese and distinctively Mongolian, Tibetan, and Uighur. We find significant...

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Hiring discrimination based on national origin and religious closeness : results from a field experiment in the Paris area

Pierné, Guillaume - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-15

suburbs. We find evidences of significant hiring discrimination against applicants of North African origin, regardless of …

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