Policy discrimination with and without interpersonal comparisons of utility

DOI10.1007/S00199-006-0122-6MaRDI QIDQ2642870zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Mandler

Publication date 6 September 2007

Published in Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-006-0122-6

zbMATH Keywords

Pareto optimalityoptimal taxationwelfare theoremsignorance priorspolicy paralysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation) (91B64) General equilibrium theory (91B50) Welfare economics (91B15)

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