Provision of a pure local public good in a spatial model with many jurisdictions

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Braid, Ralph M.
• 署名单位: Wayne State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.07.008
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 890-897
• 关键词: Pure public good; Local public good; spillovers; Spatial model; Jurisdictions

摘要

This paper examines the provision of a pure local public good in jurisdictions that are spaced evenly along an infinite line. Each jurisdiction either supplies the local public good, or else its residents travel to another jurisdiction to consume the local public good. The equilibrium spacing between jurisdictions which supply the local public good, which can be uneven (varying between a minimum spacing and a maximum spacing for given exogenous parameters), can be greater than, equal to, or less than the socially optimal spacing. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.