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Social goods: Social goods are things that benefit society as a whole. They are typically things that are essential for human well-being, such as clean air, clean water, healthcare, and education. Social goods can also include things like environmental protection, social justice, and economic equality. See also Equality, Society, Community, Welfare state, Education, Education policy._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Louis Kaplow on Social Goods - Dictionary of Arguments
Mause I 276 Social Good/Kaplow: Thesis: from any status quo in which the Samuelson rule is not yet fulfilled, the application of this rule will always open the potential for a Pareto improvement.(1) >Social Good/Samuelson.. To this end, however, income tax must be reformed on the expenditure side to ensure distribution neutrality. See also Gahvari. (2) 1. Louis Kaplow. 1996. The optimal supply of public goods and the distortionary cost of taxation. National Tax Journal 49( 4): 513– 533. 2. Firouz Gahvari. 2006. On the marginal cost of public funds and the optimal provision of public goods. Journal of Public Economics 90( 6– 7): 1251– 1262._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
EconKapl I Louis Kaplow The optimal supply of public goods and the distortionary cost of taxation 1996 Mause I Karsten Mause Christian Müller Klaus Schubert, Politik und Wirtschaft: Ein integratives Kompendium Wiesbaden 2018 |