Wealthy individuals often voluntarily provide public goods that the poor also consume. Such philanthropy is perceived … expenditure. We examine the normative logic of this exemption. We show that, rather than reducing it, philanthropy may aggravate … absolute inequality in welfare achievement, while leaving the change in relative inequality ambiguous. Additionally …

Wealthy individuals often voluntarily provide public goods that the poor also consume. Such philanthropy is perceived … expenditure. We examine the normative logic of this exemption. We show that, rather than reducing it, philanthropy may aggravate … absolute inequality in welfare achievement, while leaving the change in relative inequality ambiguous. Additionally …

Wealthy individuals often voluntarily provide public goods that the poor also consume. Such philanthropy is perceived … expenditure. We examine the normative logic of this exemption. We show that, rather than reducing it, philanthropy may aggravate … absolute inequality in welfare achievement, while leaving the change in relative inequality ambiguous. Additionally …

distribution. Community is conceptualized in terms of a public good to which all those in the community have equal access, but from …We investigate how vertical unity within a community interacts with horizontal class divisions of an unequal income … is that the nominal distribution of income could give a misleading picture of tensions in society, both within and across …

a community and its distribution both become relevant for specifying optimal indic ator targeting rules. In addition, a … properties of income distribution in broadly defined groups are known. "Indicator targeting" rules are then derived for the forms … "communities", meaning thereby collections of individuals who have access to community - specific public goods, from which non …

Wealthy individuals often voluntarily provide public goods that the poor also consume. Such philanthropy is perceived … expenditure. We examine the normative logic of this exemption. We show that, rather than reducing it, philanthropy may aggravate … absolute inequality in welfare achievement, while leaving the change in relative inequality ambiguous. Additionally …

public good is pure, any given, positive level of income inequality can be shown to be socially excessive by suitably … redistribution from the rich to the poor will improve social welfare, regardless of how small inequality is in the status quo. …

public good is pure, any given, positive level of income inequality can be shown to be socially excessive by suitably … redistribution from the rich to the poor will improve social welfare, regardless of how small inequality is in the status quo. …

. -- Public goods ; voluntary provision ; income distribution ; inequality ; social welfare … public good is pure, any given, positive level of income inequality can be shown to be socially excessive by suitably … redistribution from the rich to the poor will improve social welfare, regardless of how small inequality is in the status quo …

public good is pure, any given, positive level of income inequality can be shown to be socially excessive by suitably … redistribution from the rich to the poor will improve social welfare, regardless of how small inequality is in the status quo …