Pure redistribution and the provision of public goods

Rupert Sausgruber; Jean-Robert Tyran

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2006.11.003

Pure redistribution and the provision of public goods

Rupert Sausgruber, Jean-Robert Tyran

Department of Economics

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Abstract

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

Original language	English
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	95
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	334-338
ISSN	0165-1765
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2006.11.003
Publication status	Published - 2007

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Faculty of Social Sciences
experiment
public goods
redistribution

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