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How policies affect beliefs and preferences | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal


Olivier Bargain, Ulugbek Aminjonov
Four decades ago, Robert Lucas rocked economics with a simple observation: taxes and other government interventions in the private economy affect not only the costs and benefits of actions citizens may take (as intended), but also their beliefs about the future actions of others (including the government), possibly in counterproductive ways. For example, announcing stiffer penalties for non-payment of taxes provides an incentive to pay up; but it also may convey the information that non-compliance is common, leading formerly honest citizens to cheat. 
Lucas’ point was that policymaking is not simply resetting the dials on a given model of how the economy works, but instead changing the structure of the model itself (Lucas 1976). In 1994, Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institution pointed to “the failure of economists to take the formation of preferences seriously”, and suggested that the Lucas critique be extended to cover preference ....

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The Uplift of Strangers: More Reasons to Dose Up on "Vitamin S" – Association for Psychological Science – APS

The Uplift of Strangers: More Reasons to Dose Up on "Vitamin S" – Association for Psychological Science – APS
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Has giving gratuities reached a tipping point in restaurants? New report shows shifting attitudes

Has giving gratuities reached a tipping point in restaurants? New report shows shifting attitudes
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Has giving gratuities reached a tipping point in restaurants? New report shows shifting attitudes

A new preliminary report from Dalhousie University s Agri-Food Analytics Lab suggests little support for no-tipping policies ....

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