The Income Distribution as a Pure Public Good: Comment

1973 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Brown ◽  
George Fane ◽  
James Medoff
1973 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 304 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. R. Canterbery ◽  
H. P. Tuckerman

1973 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold M. Hochman ◽  
James D. Rodgers ◽  
Gordon Tullock

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Cornes ◽  
Todd Sandler

Abstract In the pure public good model, the Nash equilibrium associated with one initial income distribution may Pareto dominate the equilibrium associated with another distribution of the same aggregate income. We explore this possibility and examine its implications for Pareto-improving policy intervention by undertaking a comparative static analysis of Pareto-improving tax-financed increases in pure public good provision. Under some circumstances, a government can engineer policies that raise public good provision while increasing the well-being of contributors and noncontributors. Crucial factors promoting this outcome involve a large number of noncontributors, a high marginal valuation for the public good by non-contributors and a large aggregate response of contributors to changes in their income.


2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benyamin Shitovitz ◽  
Menahem Spiegel

1990 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian L. Goff ◽  
Robert D. Tollison

Economica ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 52 (205) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Cornes ◽  
Todd Sandler

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