Designing, Not Checking, for Policy Robustness: An Example with Optimal Taxation
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- Benjamin B. Lockwood & Afras Sial & Matthew Weinzierl, 2020. "Designing, Not Checking, for Policy Robustness: An Example with Optimal Taxation," NBER Chapters, in: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 35, pages 1-54, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Benjamin Lockwood & Afras Y. Sial & Matthew C. Weinzierl, 2020. "Designing, not Checking, for Policy Robustness: An Example with Optimal Taxation," NBER Working Papers 28098, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
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