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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Bernheim and Rangel 2009: Compensating Variation<br />

Ex: suppose insurance plans are restricted to drop M option<br />

Under red paper condition, CV is 0 — no loss in welfare<br />

Under blue paper condition, calculate price cut $z on H needed to<br />

make agent indifferent between M and H.<br />

Bounds on CV: (0, z)<br />

If L option is dropped, bounds collapse to a singleton: CV = 0.<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 3: Effi ciency 91 / 105

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