In this paper we demonstrate how the impure public good model can be converted into a pure with satiation of private consumption, which handled more easily, by using variation aggregative game approach as devised Cornes and Hartley (2007). We point out conditions for utility functions that allow conversion through analysis Nash equilibria conducted in unified way facilitates comparative statics...

Public goods have recently received increasing attention by philosophers. In addition to work on the historical origins of notion public (Desmarais-Tremblay, 2017), their relevance thinking particular political theorists (de Jongh, 2022) and justifiability goods, such as arts (Kessler, 2018), there been a number systematic attempts develop normative theory (see e.g., Kallhoff, 2011; Miller, 200...

Abstract When is state coercion for the provision of public goods justified? And how should social surplus be distributed? Philosophers approach these questions by distinguishing between essential and discretionary goods. This article explains intractability this distinction, presents two upshots. First, if governments provide configurations that simultaneously serve purposes, scope justifiable...

Public provision of a private goods is justified on efficiency grounds in a modelwith no redistributive preferences. A government’s involvement in the provision of a private good generates information about preferences that facilitatesmore efficient revenue extraction for the provision of public goods. Public provision of the private good improves economic efficiency under a condition that is a...