Ameliorating Congestion by Income Redistribution

Amihai Glazer and Kai Konrad

University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers from University of California Transportation Center

Abstract: Consider a community with individuals who consume a private good and use a congestible facility. Without a congestion fee, use of the congestible facility will exceed the socially optimal level. We show that under some conditions this externality problem can be solved by income redistribution. Indeed, the poor can gain from a redistribution to the rich.

Keywords: Social; and; Behavioral; Sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993-01-01
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