"Love and Spaghetti, The Opportunity Cost of Virtue" by Ted Bergstrom

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Love and Spaghetti, The Opportunity Cost of Virtue

Journal of Economic Perspectives (1989)

Ted Bergstrom, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Abstract

This paper was written in the form of two puzzles. One puzzle concerns Romeo and Juliet who love spaghetti and each other. They wear flimsy clothing and have abdominal hedonimeters. The other puzzle asks who benefits from tax deductions to the rich for charitable deductions.

Keywords

interdependent utility,
love,
subsidized charity

Disciplines

Economics

Publication Date

Spring 1989

Citation Information

Ted Bergstrom. "Love and Spaghetti, The Opportunity Cost of Virtue" Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 3 Iss. 2 (1989)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ted_bergstrom/62/