Anderberg, Dan, Andersson, Fredrik and Balestrino, Alessandro (1998) Time, self-selection and user charges for public goods. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.526).

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Abstract

Many public goods generate utility only when combined with a 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 analysed 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.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Public goods, Utility theory, Time management, User charges, Taxation
Series Name:	Warwick economic research papers
Publisher:	University of Warwick, Department of Economics
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Official Date:	November 1998
Dates:	Date Event November 1998 Published
Number:	No.526
Number of Pages:	18
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1654

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