Lighthouses

Elodie Bertrand ()
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Elodie Bertrand: ISJPS - Institut des sciences juridique et philosophique de la Sorbonne - UMR 8103 - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: From being a symbol of the necessity for publicly financing public goods, since Coase's 1974 article "The lighthouse in economics," the lighthouse has instead become a symbol of the private sector's ability to provide public goods, and subsequently an archetype of a mistaken economic policy justified by "market failures." However, recent studies in economics, law, and history have uncovered different mixes of private and public finance in the provision of lighthouse services over time, exhibiting the practical problems involved in providing public goods.

Date: 2021-06-08
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Published in Alain Marciano; Giovanni Ramello. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Springer New York, 2021, 10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6. ⟨10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_629-2⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_629-2

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