Voluntary Provision of Public Goods and Technology

Emilio Giardina, Isidoro Mazza (), Giacomo Pignataro and Ilde Rizzo
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Emilio Giardina: University of Catania

International Advances in Economic Research, 2016, vol. 22, issue 3, No 6, 332 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper highlights issues in the theory of voluntary provision of public goods, building on the investigation by Peacock in connection with the contributions by Coase and Buchanan. Our goal is twofold. We first draw attention to the early literature investigating the provision of public goods and to the successive theoretical analysis. We then focus on the impact of technology on supply and demand. Examples of different types of public goods are provided, with special attention to the cultural sector, to investigate whether and how technology affects the efficiency and the effectiveness of the related public goods provision. The implementation and exploitation of technological advancements are investigated in view of the role of different actors (public, private) at different levels of government.

Keywords: Public goods; Buchanan; Coase; Peacock; technology; cultural sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H41 O33 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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