Optimal democratic mechanisms for taxation and public good provision

Bierbrauer, Felix; Sahm, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.03.003

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“…Apart from optimizing government expenditures to provide public services, efficiency also lies in the allocation of income, mainly from taxation. Bierbrauer and Sahm () claimed that the composition of tax revenue should not be ignored, while Bierbrauer () analyzed the conditions for optimal taxation. Also, Gemmell and Au () stated the impact of fiscal policies on economic growth.…”

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Super SBI Dynamic Network DEA approach to measuring efficiency in the provision of public services

Moreno

Lozano

2016

Int Trans Operational Res

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The current financial crisis has had a significant impact on European governments’ finances and has led to a series of government interventions to control the public debt and deficit. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify inefficiencies in the management of public finance, such as overspending, unreasonable debt, and excessive taxes, while maintaining the same level of social welfare. Thus, we propose a two‐stage network data envelopment analysis (DEA) structure that accounts for both allocation of the public budget and transformation of government expenditures into services to the people and the economy. Financial assets, debt, and employment have been included as carryover activities over successive periods of time. Finally, a super‐efficiency approach allows discriminating between the efficient European governments. We have applied the proposed approach to the period from fiscal years 2008 to 2012. Results show that not only high‐deficit countries, but also major countries such as Germany and France have performed poorly. The slack‐based measure of inefficiency (SBI) metrics, whose directional vector components are defined as the yearly national GDP, point out the feasible reductions in taxes and debt issuances, along with feasible targets for government expenditure.

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Super SBI Dynamic Network DEA approach to measuring efficiency in the provision of public services

Moreno

Lozano

2016

Int Trans Operational Res

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(In)efficient public-goods provision through contests

Kolmar

Sisak

2013

Soc Choice Welf

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Semi-flexible majority rules for public good provision

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Tejada

2024

Soc Choice Welf

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We introduce semi-flexible majority rules for public good provision with private valuations. Such rules take the form of a two-stage, multiple-round voting mechanism where the output of the first stage is the default alternative for the second stage and the vote-share thresholds used in every round of binary voting (a) vary with the alternative on the table for a public-good level and (b) require a qualified majority for approving the alternative on the table by stopping the procedure. We show that these mechanisms implement the ex post utilitarian optimal public-good level, provided valuations can only be high or low. This public-good level is chosen after all potential socially optimal alternatives have been picked for a voting round. We explore ways to reduce the number of voting rounds and develop a compound mechanism when there are three or more valuation types.

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Optimal democratic mechanisms for taxation and public good provision

Cited by 9 publications

References 35 publications

Super SBI Dynamic Network DEA approach to measuring efficiency in the provision of public services

Super SBI Dynamic Network DEA approach to measuring efficiency in the provision of public services

(In)efficient public-goods provision through contests

Semi-flexible majority rules for public good provision

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