This paper provides a positive analysis of public provision of excludable public goods financed by uniform taxes or …-skewed distributions of preferences choose taxes, while a majority coalition of high and low preference individuals prefer fees when … preferences are sufficiently right-skewed. Public good provision under fees exceeds that under taxes in the latter case. …

The relationship between the degree of inequality and the demand for redistribution has been a central question in … gap between the income of the average and the median voter, should lead to increased demand for redistribution, as … demand for redistribution. Part of the explanation of this puzzle lies in the realization that it is not only (or even mainly …

This paper provides a positive analysis of public provision of excludable public goods financed by uniform taxes or …-skewed distributions of preferences choose taxes, while a majority coalition of high and low preference individuals prefer fees when … preferences are sufficiently right-skewed. Public good provision under fees exceeds that under taxes in the latter case. …