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Optimal provision of public goods with altruistic individuals

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We study the optimal provision of public goods in the context of a special class of altruistically linked utility functions. We show that the usual Samuelson condition holds as if the utility functions were independent.
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  • Ley, Eduardo, 1997. "Optimal provision of public goods with altruistic individuals," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 54(1), pages 23-27, January.
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    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • H0 - Public Economics - - General
    • H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods

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