Arbeitspapier
Bequests, Control Rights, and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Consider a public project which produces a consumption good and which benefits future generations. Let a conventional cost-benefit analysis find that it gives higher benefits than projects it would dis-place in the private sector. Voters may nevertheless oppose the public project: the combination of a desire to control bequests and the lack of control over who gets benefits from a public project makes the public project unattractive. In contrast, private projects have owners, allowing parents to control whether their children will receive the benefits from such projects. Parents can therefore better influence the behavior of their children when they have the option of giving the children title to private projects.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 576
Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
public projects
cost-benefit analysis
cost-benefit analysis
Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Glazer, Amihai
Kanniainen, Vesa
Niskanen, Esko
Kanniainen, Vesa
Niskanen, Esko
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2001
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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12.07.2024, 13:22 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Glazer, Amihai
- Kanniainen, Vesa
- Niskanen, Esko
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2001
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