Artikel
Social Status Concerns and the Political Economy of Publicly Provided Private Goods
We analyse the political economy of the public provision of private goods when individuals care about their social status. Status concerns motivate richer individuals to vote for the public provision of goods they themselves buy in markets: a higher provision level attracts more individuals to the public sector, enhancing the social exclusivity of market purchases. Majority voting may lead to a public provision that only a minority of citizens use. Users in the public sector may enjoy better provision than users in the private system. We characterise the coalitions that can prevail in a political equilibrium.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: The Economic Journal ; ISSN: 1468-0297 ; Volume: 131 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 633 ; Pages: 220-246 ; Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Publicly Provided Private Goods
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- Subject
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in-kind provision
status preferences
majority voting
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Friedrichsen, Jana
König, Tobias
Lausen, Tobias
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Veröffentlichung
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Oxford University Press
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Oxford
- (when)
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2021
- DOI
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doi:10.1093/ej/ueaa076
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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- Friedrichsen, Jana
- König, Tobias
- Lausen, Tobias
- Oxford University Press
Time of origin
- 2021
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