Time, Self-Selection and User Charges for Public Goods

Dan Anderberg, Fredrik Andersson () and Alessandro Balestrino

The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Abstract: Many public goods generate utility only when combined with time-input. Important examples include road networks and publicly provided leisure facilities. If it is possible to charge for the time spent using the public good it is generally a second-best Pareto optimal policy to do so even in the absence of congestion. An optimal linear user charge is analyzed within a standard optimum income-tax framework. Second-best public good provision in the presence of a user charge is also characterized and factors that influence the direction of optimal distortion of the public good supply are identified.

Keywords: GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC GOODS; TAXATION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H21 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 1999
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Journal Article: Time, Self-Selection and User Charges for Public Goods (2001)
Working Paper: Time, Self-Selection and User Charges for Public Goods (1998)
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