Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20549 
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Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1283
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A number of studies have examined the implications of preference interdependence. This paper models utility as depending on other people?s consumption levels and shows that welfare declines with inequality, equilibrium inequality is inefficient, and the optimal intervention leads to a more equal distribution.
Subjects: 
inequality
efficiency
JEL: 
H21
H23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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