The Apostles’ justice: Cambridge reflections on economic inequality from Moore’s Principia Ethica to Keynes’s General Theory (1903–36)
in Cambridge Journal of Economics
May 2016; p ublished online September 2015 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Individual Economists; Microeconomics; Welfare Economics; Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook. 16131 words.
This article explores economic justice in the writings of the Cambridge authors G. L. Dickinson, G. Shove, R. Hawtrey, D. H. Robertson, H.O. Meredith, J. H. Bell and F. Ramsey, who were...
Evaluating Long-Term-Care Policy Options, Taking the Family Seriously
in The Review of Economic Studies
April 2018; p ublished online June 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook; Demographic Economics; Welfare Economics; Game Theory and Bargaining Theory. 25832 words.
Abstract
We propose a dynamic non-cooperative framework for long-term-care (LTC) decisions of families and use it to evaluate LTC policy options for the U.S....
National fiscal consolidations and regional inequality in Europe
in Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
March 2016; p ublished online January 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Welfare Economics; Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook; Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics. 10255 words.
Using annual data for 13 European countries over the period 1980–2008, we assess the impact of national fiscal consolidations on the income inequality of European regions. Regional...
Optimal Taxation with Rent-Seeking
in The Review of Economic Studies
July 2016; p ublished online March 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Microeconomics; General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium; Welfare Economics; Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainy; Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook; Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue; Demand and Supply of Labour; Wages, Compensation, and Labour Costs. 17279 words.
We develop a framework for optimal taxation when agents can earn their income both in traditional activities, where private and social products coincide, and in rent-seeking activities,...
