The advantage of being poor: private provision of public goods, strategic incentives and the role of public provision

Arbeitspapier | Working paper

When people know a public good is to be privately provided in the future, economic behavior may change in periods before the one with the private provision game. Individuals have an incentive to reduce their disposable income so as to shift the burden of provision to others. The incentive is reduced if individuals know that the government will provide some of the public good, as long as this provison is large enough. In a second-best world, private provision of public goods has been claimed to be a reasonably good alternative to public provision. This claim needs to be reconsidered in the light of these results. (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 20
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Münchener Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Beiträge (92-18)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste ; Wirtschaftssoziologie ; soziale Probleme ; Armut ; öffentliches Gut ; private Vorsorge ; Strategie ; Anreizsystem ; öffentliche Leistung ; Individuum ; ökonomisches Verhalten ; wirtschaftliche Lage ; Einkommen ; Versorgung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Konrad, Kai A.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
• (where): Deutschland, München
• (when): 1992

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/112687
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST