Efficient Income Redistribution under Asymmetric Information
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Keywords
Income redistribution; Asymmetric information; Screening; In-kind transfers;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
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