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Policy tools for public goods provision Location: Auditorium N: Agnar Sandmo Session Chair: Stefanie Schmitt, University of Bamberg | |
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Public good provision and policy in a Kantian world University of Oslo, Norway In this paper, I analyze private contributions to a public good using a model of moral motivations (Brekke et al., 2003). Individuals find their ideal contribution through a Kantian equilibrium (Roemer, 2019), where individuals apply a more personal moral logic. In contrast to Brekke et al. (2003), the approach allows for analysis of heterogeneous populations. Policy analysis show that tax subsidies increase intrinsic motivation whereas public provision partially crowds it out. A government can completely crowd out intrinsic motivation leading to zero private contributions. I derive a formula for an optimal linear tax subsidy where how it can affect the individual intrinsic motivation is taken into account. A novelty is that the government considers the welfare effects of making individuals feel they have to contribute more. | |