his article summarizes a recent seminar of the Czech Economic Association devoted to the relationship between psychology and economics. While economic methodology strives for scientific reasoning, the course of this pursuit often results in the neglect of the behavioral aspects of economic...

We show that the leveling tax-transfer policy is the only consistent policy that exploits the maximum allowed transfers, as long as these are no more than the amount sufficient to equalize after-tax incomes. The leveling policy stands in contrast to equal sacrifice policies, which are also...