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Charity, Status, and Optimal Taxation: Welfarist and Paternalist Approaches
(2019-04)
This paper deals with tax policy responses to charitable giving, defined in terms of voluntary contributions to a public good, to which the government also contributes through public revenue; the set of tax instruments ...
Optimal Prosocial Nudging
(2019-04)
While nudges are still mostly associated with affecting individual choices for their own long-run interest, i.e. dealing with internalities, they are increasingly used in order to reduce externalities, such as environmental ...
Nudging as an Environmental Policy Instrument
(2019-04)
We discuss the use of green nudges – nudges intended to reduce negative externalities – as an environmental policy instrument. A review of empirical studies reveals that green nudges can have a sizeable impact on behavior ...
Charity as Income Redistribution: A Model with Optimal Taxation, Status, and Social Stigma
(2019-09)
Our framework integrates (i) public and private redistribution, (ii) the warm glow of giving and stigma of receiving charitable donations, and (iii) status concerns emanating from social comparisons with respect to charitable ...