Public provision of private goods in developing countries

Chander, Parkash (2016) Public provision of private goods in developing countries. The Singapore Economic Review, 61 (3): 1640016. ISSN 2175908

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Abstract

In this paper, we characterize optimal redistributive taxes and subsidies on a discrete good which is available in different qualities. We assume that utility function of each consumer is such that his willingness-to-pay for quality increases with income. This separates the rich and the poor through the quality levels of the good actually purchased by them and allows the government to tax the rich and subsidize the poor. It is shown that the deadweight loss associated with the optimal policy may be zero. The notion of a consumer equilibrium introduced in the paper suggests a method for estimating the quality of a good as perceived by the consumers.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Self-selection | Discrete goods | Product quality | Deadweight loss | Redistribution
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
JGU School/Centre: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy
Depositing User: Amees Mohammad
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2022 09:50
Last Modified: 13 Jun 2022 09:01
Official URL: https://doi.org10.1142/S0217590816400166
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/1279

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