Aggregating Local Preferences to Guide Marginal Policy Adjustments
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- Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Nichole Szembrot, 2013. "Aggregating Local Preferences to Guide Marginal Policy Adjustments," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 103(3), pages 605-610, May.
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- D69 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Other
- H0 - Public Economics - - General
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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