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Redistribution as a Local Public Good Subject to Congestion

Jaume Sempere
- 01 Jan 2008 - 
- Vol. 17, Iss: 1, pp 49-62
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In this paper, the authors propose a second best redistribution scheme for a local public good subject to congestion, where the remedial policy consists of a kind of second best finance for that good.
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When analyzing migration policies, second best redistribution be- comes a local public good subject to congestion. The remedial policy consists of a kind of second best finance for that good.

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