全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Transfers in Cash and In Kind: Theory Meets the Data

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w13557
来源ID	Working Paper 13557
	Transfers in Cash and In Kind: Theory Meets the Data
	Janet Currie; Firouz Gahvari
发表日期	2007-10-26
出版年	2007
语种	英语
摘要	We review theoretical explanations for in-kind transfers in light of the limited empirical evidence. After reviewing the traditional paternalistic arguments, we consider explanations based on imperfect information and self-targeting. We then discuss the large literature on in-kind programs as a way of improving the efficiency of the tax system and a range of other possible explanations including the "Samaritan's Dilemma", pecuniary effects, credit constraints, asymmetric information amongst agents, and political economy considerations. Our reading of the evidence suggests that paternalism and interdependent preferences are leading overall explanations for the existence of in-kind transfer programs, but that some of the other arguments may apply to specific cases. Political economy considerations must also be part of the story.
主题	Public Economics ; Public Goods ; National Fiscal Issues
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w13557
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/571232
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Janet Currie,Firouz Gahvari. Transfers in Cash and In Kind: Theory Meets the Data. 2007.