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    Evaluation theory, models, and applications / by Stufflebeam, Daniel L.

    Published 2014
    Book
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    Evaluation theory, models, and applications / by Stufflebeam, Daniel L.

    Published 2014
    Book
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    From optimal tax theory to tax policy retrospective and prospective views / by Boadway, Robin W., 1943-

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- From tax theory to policy : an overview -- Landmarks of optimal tax theory -- The evolution of policy and advice -- Challenges for the theory of tax policy -- Commitment -- Heterogeneity of individual utility functions -- Behavioral issues -- Responsibility and compensation -- Political economy -- Optimal analysis versus reform analysis -- Summary of lessons for tax policy -- Policy lessons from optimal tax theory -- Uniformity of commodity taxes -- The Corlett-Hague theorem -- The Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem -- Production efficiency : implications and caveats -- Capital taxation and the personal tax base -- Linear taxation in a dynamic setting -- Nonlinear taxation in a dynamic setting -- The issue of progressivity -- Asymmetric information and market failure -- Policy lessons from normative analysis -- Relaxing the second-best constraints -- The use of supplementary policy instruments -- Making use of, and acquiring, more information -- Conclusions -- Challenges for second-best analysis -- Fundamentals of the standard approach -- The commitment issue -- Heterogeneous preferences and utility -- Behavioral issues -- Political economy -- Concluding comments.…”
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    From optimal tax theory to tax policy retrospective and prospective views / by Boadway, Robin W., 1943-

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- From tax theory to policy : an overview -- Landmarks of optimal tax theory -- The evolution of policy and advice -- Challenges for the theory of tax policy -- Commitment -- Heterogeneity of individual utility functions -- Behavioral issues -- Responsibility and compensation -- Political economy -- Optimal analysis versus reform analysis -- Summary of lessons for tax policy -- Policy lessons from optimal tax theory -- Uniformity of commodity taxes -- The Corlett-Hague theorem -- The Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem -- Production efficiency : implications and caveats -- Capital taxation and the personal tax base -- Linear taxation in a dynamic setting -- Nonlinear taxation in a dynamic setting -- The issue of progressivity -- Asymmetric information and market failure -- Policy lessons from normative analysis -- Relaxing the second-best constraints -- The use of supplementary policy instruments -- Making use of, and acquiring, more information -- Conclusions -- Challenges for second-best analysis -- Fundamentals of the standard approach -- The commitment issue -- Heterogeneous preferences and utility -- Behavioral issues -- Political economy -- Concluding comments.…”
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    The economics of the Yasuní initiative climate change as if thermodynamics mattered / by Vogel, Joseph Henry

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…Thermodynamics : the language chosen defines the debate -- The tragedy of the commons : a class of problems that has no technical solution -- The willful ignorance of realpolitik : market failure or cost-shifting success? -- The general theory of second best : a rigorous justification for an intuitively just proposal -- Through the bottleneck of a cowboy economy : financing shovel-ready projects -- Conclusions : reason for hope and despair.…”
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    The economics of the Yasuní initiative climate change as if thermodynamics mattered / by Vogel, Joseph Henry

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…Thermodynamics : the language chosen defines the debate -- The tragedy of the commons : a class of problems that has no technical solution -- The willful ignorance of realpolitik : market failure or cost-shifting success? -- The general theory of second best : a rigorous justification for an intuitively just proposal -- Through the bottleneck of a cowboy economy : financing shovel-ready projects -- Conclusions : reason for hope and despair.…”
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