The welfare effects of persuasion and taxation: Theory and evidence from the field
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- Rodemeier, Matthias & Löschel, Andreas, 2020. "The welfare effects of persuasion and taxation: Theory and evidence from the field," CAWM Discussion Papers 112, University of Münster, Münster Center for Economic Policy (MEP).
- Matthias Rodemeier & Andreas Löschel, 2020. "The Welfare Effects of Persuasion and Taxation: Theory and Evidence from the Field," CESifo Working Paper Series 8259, CESifo.
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Keywords
persuasion; optimal taxation; internality taxes; field experiments; energy efficiency; behavioral public economics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
- Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2020-05-11 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2020-05-11 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GEN-2020-05-11 (Gender)
- NEP-PBE-2020-05-11 (Public Economics)
- NEP-REG-2020-05-11 (Regulation)
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