Non-Discriminatory, Envy Free Provision of a Collective Good

In: Public choice, Band 111, Heft 1-2, S. 179-184

Abstract

In a setting in which the provision of a collective good is at stake, the "principle of generality as equal treatment" is related to the concept of "envy-free net trades." This leads to an operational formulation of the fundamental liberal aim of nondiscriminatory politics in terms of stated preferences or bids. Starting from such bids, a simple axiomatic justification for "schematically equal taxes" (everyone pays the same amount) is given. 16 References. Adapted from the source document.