Merit motives and government intervention
Subtitle: public finance in reverse
By: Casey B. Mulligan, Tomas J. Philipson.
Contributors: Philipson, Tomas J.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 7698; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 7698.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Welfare economics -- United States.; Public welfare -- United States.; Transfer payments -- United States.
Other titles: Public finance in reverse
Notes: "May 2000."

JEL no. H11, H22, H23, L51.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-55).

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