Public Finance, 4th Edition

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How Bad Can Externalities Be?

Let’s begin by considering the most intractable externality case and ask: How bad can consumption externalities be? The worst possible situation imaginable requires triple indexing of X,

, with

entering the utility function of each person h:

refers to the consumption (supply) of good (factor) ...

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