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<p><p>In a second best environment, the optimal policy choice sometimes follows the first best rules. This note lays down the information structure and separability assumptions under which this property holds in a variety of setups.</p></p>
Authors
![Guy Laroque](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Guy%20Laroque.jpg?itok=QTHur1ag)
Guy Laroque
![Stephane Gauthier](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Stephane%20Gauthier.jpg?itok=xgkDQSZ1)
Research Associate University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and Paris School of Economics
Stéphane is a Research Associate at our Institute and a Professor of Economics at University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.ifs.2008.0807
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Gauthier, S and Laroque, G. (2008). Separability and public finance. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/separability-and-public-finance (accessed: 3 July 2024).
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