Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Eric J. Heikkila
Public Goods???
• Publicness
– Goods that are provided by the public sector
– Goods that are nonrival in consumption
4
1.Food
2.National Def
3.Radio & Tv
4.Land Use
Zoning
private public 5.Highway trans
6.Air trans
sector sector
8
9
5 7.Housing
6
8.Open Space
9.Fire & police
rival
7
1
Optimal Provision : Rival goods
Optimal condition
Max Net Benefit=
MC MB = MC
MB = mb1
Pr* = mb2
= Pr*
= MC
mb2
mb1
MB = mb1+mb2
Pn* Pn *= mb1 +mb2* = MC
P2n*
P2n *= mb2*
mb2
P1n* P1n *= mb1*
mb1
Q1 Q2 Qn *= q1n* + q2n*
The Tiebout mechanism
with communities of equal size
MC
MCi = n*Pi
mb2
= n*mbi
mb1 mb3 mb4 = MBi
MC/n
P4
P3
P2
P1 P1n *= mb1*
q1 q2 q3 q4
The Tiebout mechanism
with communities of unequal size
MC
mb2
mb1 mb3
C /n
2
M
2= C/ n
3
mc = M
mc3
M2 M3 C/n1
= M
mc1
M1
Quantity
SEP Goods
Exp 1: All households attend public schools, taxes @ 10%
Poor 80 $ 20,000 $0 0 $0