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The Measurement of Social Welfare [PDF]

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This paper derives a basic formula for the measure of social welfare, a second order approximation to the difference of the value of the Bergson-Samuelson social welfare function between the socially optimal resource allocation and the one in the present
Atsushi Tsuneki
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On the definition of nonessentiality [PDF]

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Nonessentiality of a good is often used in welfare economics, cost-benefit analysis and applied work. Various definitions of this property are presented in the literature on public and environmental economics.
Udo Ebert
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The Welfare Economics of Debt Service [PDF]

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This paper analyzes some of the implications of the dual transfer a debtor nation must undertake to service foreign debt: (a) an internal transfer from the private sector to the public sector; and (b) an external transfer from the domestic economy to ...
Dani Rodrik
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On Revenue and Welfare Dominance of Ad Valorem Taxes in Two-Sided Markets [PDF]

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A benchmark result in public economics is that it is possible to increase both tax revenue and welfare by making a monopoly subject to ad valorem taxes rather than unit taxes.
Kind, Hans Jarle   +2 more
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Some Reflections on the Role of Moral Reasoning in Economics [PDF]

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People seem to be motivated by moral ideas and in this paper I discuss how we should take this into account in positive and normative economics. I review alternative ways of modelling moral motivation and reasoning in positive economics and discuss how ...
Bertil Tungodden
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