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When government programs create inequities: A guide to compensation policies

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  • Joseph J. Cordes
  • Burton A. Weisbrod

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When the government institutes a program thought to be useful for society as a whole, such as building a highway or controlling air pollution, those that benefit from such programs are usually quite different from those that bear its costs. Sometimes the government responds by postponing or modifying the program, sometimes by compensating those that are bearing an inequitable share of the costs. By using familiar economic concepts, the analyst can more effectively choose between the two approaches. Applying those concepts to the case of highway construction in California, we conclude that in this instance cash compensation is clearly superior to postponement as the policy of choice.

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  • Joseph J. Cordes & Burton A. Weisbrod, 1984. "When government programs create inequities: A guide to compensation policies," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 4(2), pages 178-195.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:4:y:1984:i:2:p:178-195
    DOI: 10.2307/3324623
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    1. George R. Zodrow, 1988. "The Windfall Recapture Tax: Issues of Theory and Design," Public Finance Review, , vol. 16(4), pages 387-424, October.
    2. Kenneth A. Lewis & Laurence S. Seidman, 2002. "Funding Social Security: The Transition in a Life-Cycle Growth Model," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 28(2), pages 159-180, Spring.
    3. S. Lesbirel, 1987. "The political economy of project delay," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 20(2), pages 153-171, June.

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