It is known that a Lindahl equilibrium is not necessarily Pareto-superior to the non-cooperative Cournot-Nash outcome. This paper derives conditions under which the Lindahl Pareto-dominates the Cournot-Nash solution. We show that all are better off in the Lindahl equilibrium as compared to the...

In a public-good economy the distribution of initial income is an important determinant of how many individuals contribute to the public good. For the case when all individuals have identical preferences, a simple formula is derived in this paper which describes the proportion of all income...