Pure redistribution and the provision of public goods

TY - JOUR

T1 - Pure redistribution and the provision of public goods

AU - Sausgruber, Rupert

AU - Tyran, Jean-Robert

N1 - JEL Classification: C9, H41

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - We show that a simple redistribution scheme can increase the provision of public goods and that the scheme is popular. This suggests that imposed redistribution as in the mechanism by Falkinger [Falkinger, J., 1996. Efficient private provision of public goods when deviations from average are rewarded. Journal of Public Economics 62, 413-22] appeals to intuitive notions of fairness

AB - We show that a simple redistribution scheme can increase the provision of public goods and that the scheme is popular. This suggests that imposed redistribution as in the mechanism by Falkinger [Falkinger, J., 1996. Efficient private provision of public goods when deviations from average are rewarded. Journal of Public Economics 62, 413-22] appeals to intuitive notions of fairness

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - experiment

KW - public goods

KW - redistribution

U2 - 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.11.003

DO - 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.11.003

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0165-1765

VL - 95

SP - 334

EP - 338

JO - Economics Letters

JF - Economics Letters

IS - 3

ER -