Wicksell, Lindahl and the Theory of Public Goods
回顾维克塞尔和林达尔关于公共产品与决策的思想,结合后来理论经济学文献,比较其规范理想与当代对搭便车和民选代表行为的看法,并将政治谈判观点与经济核心概念相联系。
Abstract Wicksell's and Lindahl's ideas on public goods and decisions are reviewed in light of later developments in the theoretical economics literature. I begin by discussing their normative ideals, in particular the notion of justness, and the sources of the difficulties in reaching them. Wicksell's and Lindahl's ideal states, as well as the obstacles that they perceive, are compared to more recent views on free riding and on the behavior of elected representatives. Their views on political bargaining are then related to later concepts, in particular to the core of the economy.