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1988

Samuelson condition

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A Test For Efficiency In The Supply Of Public Goods, Ted Bergstrom, Judith Roberts, Daniel Rubinfeld, Perry Shapiro Feb 1988

A Test For Efficiency In The Supply Of Public Goods, Ted Bergstrom, Judith Roberts, Daniel Rubinfeld, Perry Shapiro

Ted C Bergstrom

This paper conducts an empirical test of whether local governments spend more or less than a Pareto optimal amount on local public goods. Our procedure is to check whether the Samuelson first order conditions ) for efficient provision of public goods are satisfied.


A Test For Efficiency In The Supply Of Public Goods, Ted Bergstrom, Judith Roberts, Daniel Rubinfeld, Perry Shapiro Feb 1988

A Test For Efficiency In The Supply Of Public Goods, Ted Bergstrom, Judith Roberts, Daniel Rubinfeld, Perry Shapiro

Daniel L. Rubinfeld

This paper conducts an empirical test of whether local governments spend more or less than a Pareto optimal amount on local public goods. Our procedure is to check whether the Samuelson first order conditions ) for efficient provision of public goods are satisfied.