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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Studying Optimal Paternalism, Illustrated by a Model of Sin Taxes

  • Ted O'Donoghue
  • Matthew Rabin
American Economic Review
vol. 93, no. 2, May 2003
(pp. 186–191)
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Citation

O'Donoghue, Ted, and Matthew Rabin. 2003. "Studying Optimal Paternalism, Illustrated by a Model of Sin Taxes ." American Economic Review, 93 (2): 186–191. DOI: 10.1257/000282803321947029

JEL Classification

  • D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
  • H21 Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
  • H31 Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household