Private provision of a public good with time-allocation choice
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چکیده
When individuals with the same preferences but different gross wages and non-labor incomes allocate time to leisure and labor and contribute to a pure public good, the order of contributors' utilities is a perfect inversion of the order of their gross wages. The same applies to contributors' net and gross wages when contributions are financed by income from labor. There are consequences regarding group stability and in-group social tension which may also be a public good. We consider the effect of equal gross wages on the supply of the public good and note possible applications.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Social Choice and Welfare
دوره 47 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016