Regulation for Conservatives: Behavioral Economics and the Case for "Asymmetric Paternalism"

著者: Colin F. Camerer, Samuel Issacharoff, George Loewenstein, Ted O’Donoghue, Matthew Rabin - California Institute of Technology 2003 被引用: 1,124

Regulation by the state can take a variety of forms. Some regulations are aimed entirely at redistribution, such as when we tax the rich and give to the poor. Other regulations seek to counteract externalities by restricting behavior in a way that imposes harm on an individual basis but yields net societal benefits. A good example is taxation to fund public goods such as roads. In such situations, an individual would be better off if she alone were exempt from the tax; she benefits when everyone (including herself) must pay the tax.