Fairness and Redistribution: Comment

S-Tier
Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2013
Volume: 103
Issue: 1
Pages: 549-53

Score contribution per author:

4.036 = (α=2.02 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We provide an example that shows that in the Alesina and Angeletos (2005) model one can obtain multiplicity even if luck plays no role in the economy. Thus, it is not critical that the noise to signal ratio be increasing in taxes, or that desired taxes are increasing in the noise to signal ratio.

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RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:103:y:2013:i:1:p:549-53
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25