• DOI:10.1016/S0167-2681(98)00120-6
Corpus ID: 55364370

A constitutional theory of public goods

@article{Marmolo1999ACT,
  title={A constitutional theory of public goods},
  author={Elisabetta Marmolo},
  journal={Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization},
  year={1999},
  volume={38},
  pages={27-42}
}

• Elisabetta Marmolo
• Published 1999
• Economics
• Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Abstract The conventional justification for public provision is market failure. This paper argues instead that the rationale for public provision of goods is the existence of utility interdependencies across demanders: individuals choose what goods are public at the constitutional level based on degrees of utility interdependence in consumption. The paper first develops an analytical argument for shifting from non-excludability and joint consumption to utility interdependence in the analysis of… Expand

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