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Think exit before entry: how to anticipate the costs of abandoning an obsolete policy

Zhu, Jintao (2021) Think exit before entry: how to anticipate the costs of abandoning an obsolete policy. LSE Covid 19 Blog (26 Jan 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Fast-changing events mean policies quickly become obsolete. But there are often high exit costs – and these are not just financial. Jintao Zhu (LSE) recommends how governments can incorporate exit costs into policymaking. In 1940, the US government collected $7 billion in tax revenue. By 1945, the figure had soared to $45 billion. The drastic ... Continued

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information: © 2021 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Date Deposited: 08 Mar 2021 14:57
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 10:54
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108717

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