Abstract
Abstract
A Walrasian Voluntary Contribution to Public Goods
by Howard Riady
This paper extends the standard model of voluntary provision of a
public good. In a simple
two-person economy with one public good which is provided through
voluntary contributions
and two private goods that are competitively traded in a general
equilibrium setting, I find
that the total level of the public good provided and the final
allocation of the private goods
are independent of income redistributions between consumers.
Table of Contents
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 The Basic Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.1 An Extended Neutrality Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2 Sequential and Simultaneous Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 Comparative Statics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.1 The Effect of Government Provision on Private Contributions . .
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4 Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.1 Multiple Public Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.2 Leontief Production Function for the Public Good . . . . . . .
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4.3 Impure Public Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5 Conclusion and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6 Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.1 Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.2 Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.3 Appendix C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.4 Appendix D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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