Social Welfare and Collective Goods Coercion in Public Economics

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Social Welfare and Collective Goods Coercion in Public Economics

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Stanley L. Winer () (Department of Economics, Carleton University)
George Tridimas () (School of Economics and Politics, University of Ulster)
Walter Hettich ()

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Stanley L Winer

Abstract

This paper develops and expanded framework for social planning in which coercion stemming from the provision of public goods is explicitly acknowledged. Key issues concern the precise definition of coercion, its difference from redistribtion, and its incorporation into social welfare optimization. The paper examines the implications for optimal policy, showing how the Samuelson condition, rules for optimal linear income taxation and commodity taxation, and for the marginal cost of public funds must be modified. In addition, the trade-off between social welface and coercion is mapped under specific conditions and the implications of this trade-off for normative policy choice are considered.

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Paper provided by Carleton University, Department of Economics in its series Carleton Economic Papers with number 07-03.

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Length: 43 pages
Date of creation: 27 Jan 2007
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Publication status: Published: Carleton Economic Paper
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D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation

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NEP-ALL-2007-07-27 (All new papers)
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NEP-PBE-2007-07-27 (Public Economics)
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