This paper proves that Lindahl has confused cost with benefit. He viewed public good as benefit and people will fight to take a larger share of the good. This paper proves that his model could not accommodate the public good, but the cost of the good. When a person has to take up the burden of...

The author blends historical narrative with a topical approach and discusses such aspects of the theory as measurement, total value, and imputation.Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print...