This chapter first discusses what economists mean by “the incidence of agricultural policy”
and why we care about it. Then it reviews models of the determinants of the differential …

This paper reviews experience with the use of computable or applied general equilibrium
(CGE or AGE) models to affect public policy. The range of issues on which CGE models …

In the most important health insurance study ever conducted researchers at the RAND
Corporation devised all experiment to address two key questions in health care financing …

The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics presents a unified conceptual framework for
analyzing taxation--the first to be systematically developed in several decades. An original …

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Herculem? Julian M. Alston Connie Chan-Kang Michele C. Marra Philip G. Pardey TJ Wyatt …

Acclaim for first edition: The author succeeds in bringing together many interesting real-life
applications of CBA in various areas (including among others health, environment and …

Attitudes towards downward pressure on tax rates from international tax competition depend
on attitudes towards government. This paper synthesises the two extremes which, as in …

Agricultural insurance in developed countries originates in named peril products that were
originally offered by private companies approximately two hundred years ago, first in Europe …

How should carbon be taxed as a part of fiscal policy? The literature on optimal carbon
pricing often abstracts from other taxes. However, when governments raise revenues with …

This paper illustrates how one can use causal effects of a policy change to measure its
welfare impact without decomposing them into income and substitution effects. Often, a …