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Should the Samuelson Rule Be Modified to Account for the Marginal Cost of Public Funds?

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Dan Usher () (Queen's University)

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Disputes over the marginal cost of public funds may be about its magnitude in any given time and place or about its role in cost-benefit analysis. This paper is about the latter. The Samuelson rule was devised for an omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent government. This paper is about how the Samuelson rule should be modified to take account of the impact upon total deadweight loss in the tax system from the required an increase in the tax rate to finance public projects as well as from the appearance of the projects themselves. A very simple device is employed to analyze these questions.

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Paper provided by Queen's University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 1065.

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Date of creation: Apr 2006
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Keywords: Samuelson rule Marginal cost of public funds Shadow price of public expenditure

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H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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  1. Mayshar, Joram, 1991. "On Measuring the Marginal Cost of Funds Analytically," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 81(5), pages 1329-35, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Harry F. Campbell, 1975. "Deadweight Loss and Commodity Taxation in Canada," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 8(3), pages 441-47, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Liqun Liu, 2004. "The Marginal Cost of Funds and the Shadow Prices of Public Sector Inputs and Outputs," Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 17-29, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Boadway, Robin & Keen, Michael, 1993. "Public Goods, Self-Selection and Optimal Income Taxation," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 34(3), pages 463-78, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Browning, Edgar K, 1976. "The Marginal Cost of Public Funds," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 84(2), pages 283-98, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Peter A. Diamond & J. A. Mirrlees, 1968. "Optimal Taxation and Public Production," Working papers 22, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
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