Essays on redistribution: some contributions to ongoing debates
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1
Introduction
1
1 The Intergenerational Perspective
5
2
The two faces of the
η
7
2.1
Introduction
........................... 7
2.2
Building blocks of a social welfare function
.......... 10
2.2.1
The role of the social planner
.............. 10
2.2.2
Describing people s well-being
............. 14
2.2.3
Combining the elements
................. 16
2.3
The debate on the Stern Review: The land of confusion
... 17
2.4
A Matter of Perspective
..................... 20
2.4.1
Two different views on the world
............ 20
2.4.2
An ethical approach
................... 21
2.4.3
An individualistic (or Benthamite) approach
...... 25
2.5
On the link of
ή
and
η
..................... 28
2.6
Conclusion
............................ 29
3
Finding the right
η
31
3.1
Introduction
........................... 31
3.2
Intertemporal
choice in a two-period-setting
......... 34
3.2.1
An argument in favor of pure time discount
...... 34
vi
CONTENTS
3.2.2
The interchangeability between
ρ
and
η
........ 37
3.3
Empirical studies on the size of
η
................ 41
3.4
Ethical axioms for determining the size of
η
.......... 44
3.4.1
Framework
........................ 44
3.4.2
Postulate A: Protecting the interests of earlier genera¬
tions
........................... 45
3.4.3
Postulate B: Non-envy in the absolute sense
...... 47
3.4.4
Postulate C: Non-envy in the relative sense
...... 50
3.5
The critique of the Stern Review s approach to intergenera-
tional valuation
-
a comment
.................. 51
3.6
Conclusion
............................ 58
II Redistribution and freedom of choice: The role
of in-kind transfers and public provision of private
goods
61
4
In—kind transfers and freedom of choice
63
4.1
Introduction
........................... 63
4.2
A short primer on in-kind transfers
.............. 66
4.2.1
The choice constraint as a policy objective
....... 68
4.2.2
Efficiency and freedom of choice
............ 71
4.2.3
Characterizing the restrictions
............. 84
4.3
In-kind transfers in a democracy
................ 86
4.4
Implications
........................... 92
5
Alternatives to the public provision of private goods
93
5.1
Introduction
........................... 93
5.2
Can a minimum consumption law replace public provision?
. 95
5.3
Welfare enhancing quality regulation
.............. 104
CONTENTS______________________________________________
vii
5.3.1
The setup
........................ 104
5.3.2
Individual consumption choice contingent on govern¬
ment s decisions
..................... 106
5.3.3
Some restrictions on admissible preferences
...... 107
5.3.4
The impact of a minimum quality law on individual
demand
......................... 109
5.3.5
The optimal income tax problem
............ 110
5.3.6
A minimum quality law as a policy alternative
.... 112
5.4
Empirical relevance
....................... 116
5.5
Discussion of the result
..................... 117
5.6
Appendix to Chapter
5..................... 118
6
Altruism, status, and transfers
121
6.1
Introduction
........................... 121
6.2
The model
............................ 125
6.3
The second stage: the poor s consumption choice
....... 127
6.4
The first stage: the rich s policy choice
............. 131
6.4.1
What if status did not matter?
............. 131
6.4.2
The influence of status concerns
............ 132
6.5
Limiting freedom of choice
-
again
............... 138
6.6
Conclusion
............................ 139
6.7
Appendix to Chapter
6..................... 141
7
Brief summary and outlook
145
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