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Externalities and fundamental nonconvexities : a reconciliation of approaches to general equilibrium externality modeling and implications for decentralization

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Murty, Sushama (2006) Externalities and fundamental nonconvexities : a reconciliation of approaches to general equilibrium externality modeling and implications for decentralization. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.756).

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Abstract

By distinguishing between producible and nonproducible public goods, we are able to propose a general equilibrium model with externalities that distinguishes between and encompasses both the Starrett [1972] and Boyd and Conley [1997] type external effects. We show that while nonconvexities remain fundamental whenever the Starrett
type external effects are present, these are not caused by the type discussed in Boyd and Conley. Secondly, we find that the notion of a “public competitive equilibrium”
for public goods found in Foley [1967, 1970] allows a decentralized mechanism, based on both price and quantity signals, for economies with externalities, which is able
to restore the equivalence between equilibrium and efficiency even in the presence of nonconvexities. This is in contrast to equilibrium notions based purely on price signals such as the Pigouvian taxes.

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): Externalities (Economics), Public goods
Series Name: Warwick economic research papers
Publisher: University of Warwick, Department of Economics
Place of Publication: Coventry
Official Date: August 2006
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August 2006Published
Number: No.756
Number of Pages: 35
Institution: University of Warwick
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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