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• Case | HBS Case Collection | February 2019

  India: State Capacity and Unity in Diversity

  Alberto Cavallo, Matthew Weinzierl and Robert Scherf

  As 2018 drew to a close, India prepared to once again carry out the largest democratic exercise in human history, as in less than six months more than 850 million eligible voters would have the chance to choose their representatives to the Lok Sabha—the country’s lower house of parliament—and, thus, their country’s Prime Minister and cabinet.[i] The election would pit the ruling party—the Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People’s Party, known as the BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi—against a collection of parties that included the once-dominant Indian National Congress party (Congress). The 2019 elections would serve as a referendum on Modi’s first term in office and, therefore, on a high stakes question: had India’s implausibly robust democracy produced the right leader for the right moment, or had it taken the wrong path?

  Keywords: Political Elections; Government and Politics; Public Opinion; India;

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  Cavallo, Alberto, Matthew Weinzierl, and Robert Scherf. "India: State Capacity and Unity in Diversity." Harvard Business School Case 719-061, February 2019.  View Details

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• Working Paper | HBS Working Paper Series | 2018

  Understanding Different Approaches to Benefit-Based Taxation

  Robert Scherf and Matthew C. Weinzierl

  Despite substantial normative and positive appeal, the idea of benefit-based taxation plays a minor role in modern tax theory. One obstacle to its playing a greater role is confusion over the many ways in which theorists have argued that benefit-based taxes should be determined. In this paper, we provide clear descriptions and graphical representations of the four major approaches to benefit-based taxation: Lindahl (1919), Moulin (1987), Brennan (1976a), and Hines (2000). We also show how these approaches can be applied to Smith’s theory of so-called Classical Benefit-Based Taxation, the most prominent general benefit-based optimal tax framework and a potential focal point for generating consensus on the specifics of benefit-based taxation.

  Keywords: benefit-based taxation; Taxation; Theory;

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  Scherf, Robert, and Matthew C. Weinzierl. "Understanding Different Approaches to Benefit-Based Taxation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-070, January 2019.  View Details

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• Technical Note | HBS Case Collection | December 2018

  Efficiency vs. Equality

  Matthew C. Weinzierl

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  Weinzierl, Matthew C. "Efficiency vs. Equality." Harvard Business School Technical Note 719-029, December 2018.  View Details

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