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Optimality Conditions for Public and Private Goods

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  • John A. Weymark

    (Duke University University of British Columbia)

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In general, the optimal provision of a good requires the simultaneous choice of (a)the optimal scale of output given the proportions in which consumers are allocated this total, and (b)the optimal consumption shares given the total available. With public goods the shares are not variable. The usual optimality conditions for private goods collapse (a) and (b) together. Here a general optimality rule for (a) is developed and related to the traditional efficiency rules for public and private goods.

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  • John A. Weymark, 1979. "Optimality Conditions for Public and Private Goods," Public Finance Review, , vol. 7(3), pages 338-351, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:7:y:1979:i:3:p:338-351
    DOI: 10.1177/109114217900700305
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    1. Monique Florenzano, 2009. "Walras-Lindahl-Wicksell: What equilibrium concept for public goods provision ? I - The convex case," Post-Print halshs-00367867, HAL.
    2. John A. Weymark, 2004. "Shared Consumption : A Technological Analysis," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 75-76, pages 175-195.
    3. Monique Florenzano, 2009. "Walras-Lindahl-Wicksell: What equilibrium concept for public goods provision," Working Papers halshs-00531434, HAL.

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