Conspicuous Consumption, Conspicuous Health, and Optimal Taxation
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JEL classification:
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2013-08-31 (Health Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2013-08-31 (Public Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2013-08-31 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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