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"The Marginal Cost of Redistribution": Reply

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  • Edgar K. Browning

    (Texas A&M University)

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This article is a response to the several criticisms made by Dahlby and Ruggeri in their comment on Browning's 1993 article dealing with the marginal cost of redistribution (MCR). The author concludes that the findings of the 1993 article require little or no modification. Most significantly, it is deemed unnecessary to alter the conclusion that the efficiency cost of income transfers is extremely high .

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  • Edgar K. Browning, 1996. ""The Marginal Cost of Redistribution": Reply," Public Finance Review, , vol. 24(1), pages 63-74, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:24:y:1996:i:1:p:63-74
    DOI: 10.1177/109114219602400104
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    1. Wildasin, David E, 1984. "On Public Good Provision with Distortionary Taxation," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 22(2), pages 227-243, April.
    2. Browning, Edgar K & Johnson, William R, 1984. "The Trade-Off between Equality and Efficiency," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 92(2), pages 175-203, April.
    3. Edgar K. Browning, 1993. "The Marginal Cost of Redistribution," Public Finance Review, , vol. 21(1), pages 3-32, January.
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    1. Edgar K. Browning, 2002. "The Case Against Income Redistribution," Public Finance Review, , vol. 30(6), pages 509-530, November.

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