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Concurrence et biens publics

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  • Suzanne Scotchmer

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I discuss the extent to which the theory of local public goods and clubs is an extension of competitive theory. To do this I reinterpret efficiency results in the literature as arising from optimization against a complete price system. For clubs I give a framework to unify club economies with anonymous and nonanonymous crowding. Competitive equilibrium is equivalent to the equal-treatment core, and core payoffs satisfy a monotonicity property: An increase in the number of one type of player will reduce their core payoff. When the partition of the population is constrained by fixed geographic boundaries, efficiency is second-best. A complete price system can be used to describe capitalization, and optimization relative to this price system leads to second-best efficiency. For both branches of the literature I offer criticisms of the price systems and equilibrium concepts.

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  • Suzanne Scotchmer, 1994. "Concurrence et biens publics," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 33, pages 157-186.
    • Handle: RePEc:adr:anecst:y:1994:i:33:p:157-186
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    1. Gilles Duranton, 1997. "La nouvelle économie géographique : agglomération et dispersion," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 131(5), pages 1-24.
    2. Jacques-François Thisse & Yves Zenou, 1997. "Segmentation et marchés locaux du travail," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 131(5), pages 65-76.
    3. Jacques-François Thisse & Tanguy van Ypersele, 1999. "Métropoles et concurrence territoriale," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 326(1), pages 19-30.
    4. Jacques-François Thisse & Gilles Duranton, 1996. "La politique foncière dans une économie spatiale," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 47(2), pages 227-261.
    5. Scotchmer, Suzanne, 1997. "On price-taking equilibria in club economies with nonanonymous crowding," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(1), pages 75-88, July.

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