The Spatial Aspects of Local Public Goods: a Note

Jon D. Harford
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Jon D. Harford: State University of New York, Albany

Public Finance Review, 1979, vol. 7, issue 1, 122-128

Abstract: This note explores two very basic models of efficient provision of a public good with imperfections stemming from purely spatial costs. The costs are treated as costs of transmission or benefit reduction effects which are a positive function of distance from a public good facility. The conditions for the efficient level of public goods supply and the efficient number of facilities are derived and discussed.

Date: 1979
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DOI: 10.1177/109114217900700107

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