What Do Policies Value?

When a policy prioritizes one person over another, is it because they benefit more, or because they are preferred? This paper develops a method to uncover the values consistent with observed allocation decisions. We estimate how much each person benefits from an intervention, and then reconcile the...

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Published in:	Review of Economic Studies Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 2424 - 2451
Main Authors:	Björkegren, Daniel, Blumenstock, Joshua E, Knight, Samsun
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2026
Subjects:	Mexico Resource allocation Policy analysis Treatment effect heterogeneity Poverty reduction Conditional cash transfer programs
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost