Browsing Department of Economics by Author "Sandmo, Agnar"

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    • The principal problem in political economy : income distribution in the history of economic thought 

      Sandmo, Agnar (Discussion Papers;15/2013, Working paper, 2013-09)
      The paper considers the history of theories of income distribution, from the time of Adam Smith until the 1970s. It is divided into two main parts. Part I considers the positive theory of income distribution, beginning ...

    • The Public Economics of Climate Change 

      Sandmo, Agnar (SAM;27/2015, Working paper, 2015-11-19)
      This paper considers the challenges to the field of public economics that arise from the issue of global warming. It outlines the argument for viewing the global climate as a public good and describes the problems that ...

    • The theory of tax evasion : a retrospective view 

      Sandmo, Agnar (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-12)
      The paper gives an overview of some main themes in the theory of tax evasion, starting from Allingham and Sandmo (1972). It reviews the comparative statics of the original model of individual behaviour where the tax ...

    • Towards a competitive society? : the promotion of competition as a goal of economic policy 

      Sandmo, Agnar (Discussion paper, Working paper, 1999-04)
      This paper discusses the problems involved in considering competition policy as a separate area of economic policy. Two problems are given special attention. The first is the doubtful efficiency gain from enforcing ...

    • Uncertainty in the theory of public finance 

      Sandmo, Agnar (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-09)
      This paper discusses the role that the economics of uncertainty has played in the theory of public finance. From being mostly concerned with its choice-theoretic foundations in the 1950s and ‘60s, the theory of expected ...

    • The welfare economics of global public goods 

      Sandmo, Agnar (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-11)
      This paper studies the conditions for a welfare-maximizing allocation of resources to the production of global public goods, such as biodiversity, the global climate, the cultural heritage, knowledge, and world peace. A ...