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Democratic public good provision
- Journal of Economic Theory
, 2007
"... This paper analyzes an overlapping generation model of public good provision under repeated voting. The public good is financed through age-dependent taxation that distorts human capital investment. Taxes redistribute income both across different skill groups and across generations. We contrast the ..."
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This paper analyzes an overlapping generation model of public good provision under repeated voting. The public good is financed through age-dependent taxation that distorts human capital investment. Taxes redistribute income both across different skill groups and across generations. We contrast
Public Goods Provision ∗
"... This paper characterizes the utility possibility frontier resulting in a model of private voluntary provision of a public good. It is shown that ex-ante lotteries over resource distributions among the agents can be Pareto improving. A corollary is that an equal distribution of resources among the ag ..."
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This paper characterizes the utility possibility frontier resulting in a model of private voluntary provision of a public good. It is shown that ex-ante lotteries over resource distributions among the agents can be Pareto improving. A corollary is that an equal distribution of resources among
Public Good Provision by Bargaining
, 2009
"... This paper studies how the level of the public good and the amounts of taxes are determined in a bargaining model. Using the Nash bargaining solution as the solution concept, the paper shows that the nature of individuals ’ preferences over the public good and private good determines the nature of t ..."
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This paper studies how the level of the public good and the amounts of taxes are determined in a bargaining model. Using the Nash bargaining solution as the solution concept, the paper shows that the nature of individuals ’ preferences over the public good and private good determines the nature
Public Goods Provision
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Government Organization and Public Goods Provision∗
, 2008
"... This paper studies the impact of budget competition on public goods provision by Min-istries where individual preferences are private information. The government is composed by two Ministries, each Ministry being an inequality-averse utilitarian planner which pro-vides one public good. Public goods ..."
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This paper studies the impact of budget competition on public goods provision by Min-istries where individual preferences are private information. The government is composed by two Ministries, each Ministry being an inequality-averse utilitarian planner which pro-vides one public good. Public goods
Public Good Provision, Diversity and Distribution
, 2010
"... Diversity is a key issue in the provision of critical publicly provided goods such as clean drinking water and education. To develop institutions that address this issue, it is critical that we understand the mechanisms through which diversity and public goods are related. A simple model of public g ..."
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Diversity is a key issue in the provision of critical publicly provided goods such as clean drinking water and education. To develop institutions that address this issue, it is critical that we understand the mechanisms through which diversity and public goods are related. A simple model of public
Benefit Taxation and Public Good Provision
, 2006
"... We apply the principle of benefit taxation to the provision of a public good and contrast it to other principles of taxation. Optimal benefit taxes are shown to involve both efficiency and equity compo-nents. When there are no informational restrictions, they lead to the same outcome as ability-to-p ..."
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We apply the principle of benefit taxation to the provision of a public good and contrast it to other principles of taxation. Optimal benefit taxes are shown to involve both efficiency and equity compo-nents. When there are no informational restrictions, they lead to the same outcome as ability
Local Governance and Public Goods Provision in . . .
, 2002
"... In developing countries, identifying the most effective community-level governance structure is a key issue and, increasingly, empirical evaluation of the effects of democratization on the provision of local public goods is needed. Since the early 1990s, tens of thousands of villages in rural Chi ..."
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In developing countries, identifying the most effective community-level governance structure is a key issue and, increasingly, empirical evaluation of the effects of democratization on the provision of local public goods is needed. Since the early 1990s, tens of thousands of villages in rural
Announcements of Support and Public Good Provision∗
, 2013
"... I find that non-binding announcements of support for a public good encourage others to contribute. Others respond with contribution even though the non-binding announcements can be — and often are — made by non-contributors. In a field experiment involving over 36,000 employees at 278 workplaces, gi ..."
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individuals to announce support is a powerful tool to increase public good provision. C91, C93, H41
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