Efficient private provision of public goods by rewarding deviations from average

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Falkinger, J
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01549-3
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 413-422
• 关键词: Public goods; Efficient private provision; Voluntary contributions; nonneutral taxes and subsidies

摘要

This paper proposes the following incentive scheme for the private provision of public goods: government should reward and penalize deviations from the mean contribution by an appropriate factor. This makes efficient contribution individually rational even if individuals see through the government budget constraint.