Chiappori, Pierre-Andre; Iyigun, Murat; Weiss, Yoram - 2021
We reconsider the well known Becker-Coase (BC) argument, according to which changes in divorce laws should not affect … divorce rates, in the context of households which consume public goods in addition to private goods. For this result to hold …, utility must be transferable both within marriage and upon divorce, and the marginal rate of substitution between public and …