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Working Papers

2008

1. Optimal Policy with Heterogeneous Preferences
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy (2008)
2. Taxing Leisure Complements
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2007

3. Antitrust
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter (2007)

2006

4. Capital Levies and Transition to a Consumption Tax
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
5. Discounting Dollars, Discounting Lives: Intergenerational Distributive Justice and Efficiency
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
6. Myopia and the Effects of Social Security and Capital Taxation on Labor Supply
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
7. Optimal Control of Externalities in the Presence of Income Taxation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
8. Optimal Income Transfers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in International Tax and Public Finance (2007)
9. Taxation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter (2007)

2004

10. On the (Ir)Relevence of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion of Government Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
11. On the Undesirability of Commodity Taxation Even When Income Taxation is Not Optimal
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2006)

2003

12. Concavity of Utility, Concavity of Welfare, and Redistribution of Income
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
13. Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Legal Studies (2003)
14. Public Goods and the Distribution of Income
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (2006)
15. The Value of a Statistical Life and the Coefficient of Relative Risk Aversion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2005)
16. Transition Policy: A Conceptual Framework
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2002

17. Why Measure Inequality?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Inequality (2005)

2001

18. Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2000

19. A Framework for Assessing Estate and Gift Taxation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
20. Horizontal Equity: New Measures, Unclear Principles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1999

21. Accuracy, Complexity, and the Income Tax
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (1998)
22. Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
23. Economic Analysis of Law
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2002)
24. Transfer Motives and Tax Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1997

25. On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Law and Economics Review (2002)
26. Regional Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Tax-Transfer Schemes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
27. Should the Government's Allocation Branch be Concerned about the Distortionary Cost of Taxation and Distributive Effects?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1996

28. A Fundamental Objection to Tax Equity Norms: A Call for Utilitarianism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
29. A Note on Subsidizing Gifts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1995)
30. A Note on Taxation as Social Insurance for Uncertain Labor Income
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
31. Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law & Economics (1996)
32. How Tax Complexity and Enforcement Affect the Equity and Efficiency of The Income Tax
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
33. Optimal Distribution and Taxation of the Family
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
34. Optimal Insurance Contracts When Establishing The Amount of Losses is Costly
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (1994)

1995

35. A Model of the Optimal Complexity of Rules
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
36. Taxation and Risk Taking: A General Equilibrium Perspective
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1994

37. Accuracy in the Determination of Liability
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law & Economics (1994)
38. Human Capital and the Income Tax
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
39. Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1994)
40. Shifting Plaintiffs' Fees versus Increasing Damage Awards
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (1993)
41. The Efficiency of the Legal System versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1993

42. Government Relief for Risk Associated with Government Action
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (1992)

1992

43. Optimal Sanctions When Individuals are Imperfectly Informed About the Probability of Apprehension
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Legal Studies (1992)
44. Optimal Sanctions When the Probability of Apprehension Varies Among Individuals
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
45. Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (1992)
46. The Income Tax as Insurance: The Casualty Loss and Medical Expense Deductions and the Exclusion of the Medical Insurance Premiums
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
47. The Optimal Probability and Magnitude of Fines for Acts that Definitely are Undesirable
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Review of Law and Economics (1992)

1991

48. Incentives and Government Relief for Risk
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (1991)
49. Legal Advice about Acts Already Commited
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Review of Law and Economics (1990)
50. Optimal Taxation with Costly Enforcement and Evasion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1990)

1989

51. Horizontal Equity: Measures in Search of a Principle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Journal Articles

2008

1. Optimal Policy with Heterogeneous Preferences
   Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008, 8, (1), 1947-1947 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

2. Moral Rules, the Moral Sentiments, and Behavior: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System
   Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 115, 494-514 View citations
3. Optimal income transfers
   International Tax and Public Finance, 2007, 14, (3), 295-325
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

4. On the undesirability of commodity taxation even when income taxation is not optimal
   Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (6-7), 1235-1250 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
5. Public goods and the distribution of income
   European Economic Review, 2006, 50, (7), 1627-1660 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2005

6. On the (Ir)relevance of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy: Response
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (4), 233-234
7. The Value of a Statistical Life and the Coefficient of Relative Risk Aversion
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2005, 31, (1), 23-34 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)
8. Why measure inequality?
   Journal of Economic Inequality, 2005, 3, (1), 65-79 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2004

9. Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle: Reply
   Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (1), 249-278 View citations
10. On the (Ir)Relevance of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18, (4), 159-175 View citations

2003

11. Fairness versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice
    Journal of Legal Studies, 2003, 32, 331-362 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

12. On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation
    American Law and Economics Review, 2002, 4, (1), 1-17 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

2001

13. Any Non-welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle
    Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (2), 281-286 View citations

2000

14. Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income
    Journal of Legal Studies, 2000, 29, (2), 821-35 View citations

1999

15. The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle
    American Law and Economics Review, 1999, 1, (1-2), 63-77 View citations

1998

16. Accuracy, Complexity, and the Income Tax
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1998, 14, (1), 61-83
    See also Working Paper (1999)
17. Tax Policy and Gifts
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 283-88
18. Tax and non-tax distortions
    Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 68, (2), 303-306 View citations

1996

19. Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1996, 39, (1), 191-210 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
20. On the Divergence between "Ideal" and Conventional Income-Tax Treatment of Human Capital
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 347-52 View citations
21. Optimal Distribution and the Family
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1996, 98, (1), 75-92 View citations

1995

22. A Model of the Optimal Complexity of Legal Rules
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1995, 11, (1), 150-63 View citations
23. A note on subsidizing gifts
    Journal of Public Economics, 1995, 58, (3), 469-477 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1994

24. Accuracy in the Determination of Liability
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1994, 37, (1), 1-15 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
25. Optimal Insurance Contracts When Establishing the Amount of Losses Is Costly
    The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1994, 19, (2), 139-152
    See also Working Paper (1996)
26. Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior
    Journal of Political Economy, 1994, 102, (3), 583-606 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
27. The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication: An Economic Analysis
    Journal of Legal Studies, 1994, 23, (1), 307-401 View citations
28. Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income
    Journal of Legal Studies, 1994, 23, (2), 667-81 View citations

1993

29. An ex ante perspective on deregulation, viewed ex post
    Resource and Energy Economics, 1993, 15, (2), 153-173 View citations
30. Optimal sanctions and differences in individuals' likelihood of avoiding detection
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1993, 13, (2), 217-224 View citations
31. Shifting Plaintiffs' Fees versus Increasing Damage Awards
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1993, 24, (4), 625-630 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1992

32. Government Relief for Risk Associated with Government Action
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1992, 94, (4), 525-41 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)
33. Income Tax Deductions for Losses as Insurance
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (4), 1013-17 View citations
34. Optimal Sanctions When Individuals Are Imperfectly Informed about the Probability of Apprehension
    Journal of Legal Studies, 1992, 21, (2), 365-70 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
35. Private versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1992, 8, (2), 306-20 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
36. The optimal probability and magnitude of fines for acts that definitely are undesirable
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1992, 12, (1), 3-11 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1991

37. Incentives and Government Relief for Risk
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1991, 4, (2), 167-75 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1990

38. A note on the optimal use of nonmonetary sanctions
    Journal of Public Economics, 1990, 42, (2), 245-247 View citations
39. Legal advice about acts already committed
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1990, 10, (2), 149-159 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
40. Optimal Deterrence, Uninformed Individuals, and Acquiring Information about Whether Acts Are Subject to Sanctions
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1990, 6, (1), 93-128 View citations
41. Optimal taxation with costly enforcement and evasion
    Journal of Public Economics, 1990, 43, (2), 221-236 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

Chapters

2007

1. Antitrust
   Elsevier
   See also Working Paper (2007)
2. Taxation
   Elsevier
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2002

3. Economic analysis of law
   Chapter 25 in Handbook of Public Economics, 2002, vol. 3, pp 1661-1784 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)