Chapter 12: Introduction to Second-Best Analysis

First-best analysis offers us a complete, internally consistent normative theory of the public sector; however, the theory is far from satisfactory. It is often quite unrealistic and, therefore, unresponsive to the needs of policymakers. First-best models ignore a number of important real-world phenomena that the policymaker cannot ignore.
The strengths and weaknesses of first-best theory ...

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