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Anarchy, efficiency, and redistribution
Bös, Dieter; Kolmar, Martin - 2000
The purpose of this paper is twofold. We first develop a contractarian theory of redistribution. The existence of rules … in trade. The second purpose of the paper is to develop a theory of institutions that implement optimal allocations. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781638
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The team allocator game : allocation power in public goods games
Karakostas, Alexandros; Kocher, Martin; Matzat, Dominik; … - 2021
We analyze linear, weakest-link and best-shot public goods games in which a distinguished team member, the team allocator, has property rights over the benefits from the public good and can distribute them among team members. These team allocator games are intended to capture natural asymmetries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507353
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Matching as a cure for underprovision of voluntary public good supply : analysis and an example
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Cornes, Richard; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G. - 2011
Matching mechanisms are regarded as an important instrument to bring about Pareto optimal allocations in a public good … interior matching equilibrium, however, emerges only under very special conditions. But we show in this note that corner … results by a simple numerical example. -- public goods ; matching ; Pareto optimality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011305
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International spillovers of quality regulations
Macedoni, Luca; Weinberger, Ariel - 2024
This paper investigates the positive international spillover effects of non-discriminatory product regulations, such as quality standards. We incorporate regulations into a multi-country general equilibrium framework with firm heterogeneity and variable markups. We model regulations as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015048984
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On the legitimacy of coercion for the financing of public goods
Bierbrauer, Felix - 2009
The literature on public goods has shown that efficient outcomes are impossible if participation constraints have to be respected. This paper addresses the question whether they should be imposed. It asks under what conditions efficiency considerations justify that individuals are forced to pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850517
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Incentive regulation, investments and technological change
Vogelsang, Ingo - 2010
Based on an idiosyncratic reading of the literature I propose intermediate (rather than tight or soft) regulation for balancing investment incentives with allocative efficiency and competition objectives. Intermediate regulation is compatible with incentive regulation and helps lengthening the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003939937
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One-sided private provision of public goods with implicit Lindahl pricing
Meier, Volker - 2010
We consider a sequential game in which one player produces a public good and the other player can influence this decision by making an unconditional transfer. An efficient allocation requires the Lindahl property: the sum of the two (implicit) individual prices has to be equal to the resource...
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Proprietary public finance : on its emergence and evolution out of anarchy
Skaperdas, Stergios - 2011
Proprietary rule, whereby the state is owned by a ruler who maximizes tax revenues minus the costs of governing, is a useful ideal type that describes many of the states that have ever existed. The study of proprietary rule and its public finance, however, is comparatively scarce. I argue that...
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When inefficiency begets efficiency
Gersbach, Hans; Haller, Hans - 2004
Collective consumption decisions taken by the members of a household may prove inefficient. The impact on market performance depends on whether household inefficiencies are caused by inefficient net trades with the market or by inefficient distribution of resources within households. Inefficient...
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Pricing the transfer of intellectual property as a problem of second-best tax policy
Richter, Wolfram F.; Breuer, Markus - 2015
The adequate pricing of intellectual property ("IP") for tax reporting is a largely unsettled issue. Transactional profit-based methods are on the rise although only rated as "methods of last resort" by the OECD. This paper focuses on regulated profit splitting and compares this transfer pricing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518821