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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Harberger vs. Hausman Approach<br />

Underscores broader difference between structural and<br />

quasi-experimental methodologies<br />

<strong>Public</strong> finance literature focuses on deriving “suffi cient statistic”<br />

formulas that can be implemented using quasi-experimental<br />

techniques<br />

In IO, macro, trade, structural methods more common<br />

Now develop distinction between structural and suffi cient statistic<br />

approaches to welfare analysis in a simple model of taxation<br />

No income effects (quasilinear utility)<br />

Constant returns to production (fixed producer prices)<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 3: Effi ciency 53 / 105

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