Towards An Explanation of The Cash-out Puzzle in the US FoodStamps Program

Marginal propensity to consume food out of food stamps in the US is higher than that out ofcash income. We explain this in terms of differential impact of cash income and in-kindtransfers on intra-household division of cash. We develop a Cournot model of a multi-personhousehold where food consumption is a domestic public good...

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Year of publication:	1999-07-20
Authors:	Breunig, Robert ; Dasgupta, Indraneel
Institutions:	Australian National University <Canberra> / Faculty of Economics ; University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics
Subject:	Cournotsches Dyopol \| cournot \| Distribution <Physische Distribution> \| Intra-household distribution \| Bargeld \| Cash Transfers \| Nahrungsmittelproduktion \| food production

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Extent:	121856 bytes 28 p. application/pdf
Series:	The University of Nottingham / School of Economics - discussion papers
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	H23 - Externalities; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies ; H31 - Household ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; Product policy ; Study of commerce ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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