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Public and private environmental spending. A political economy approach

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  • Pierre-André Jouvet
  • Philippe Michel
  • Pierre Pestieau
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This paper studies the determination of public investment in environmental quality when there are private alternatives. Public investment is chosen by majority voting. When consumption and environmental quality are complementary one may observe a solution of the type "ends against the middle".

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  • Pierre-André Jouvet & Philippe Michel & Pierre Pestieau, 2007. "Public and private environmental spending. A political economy approach," EconomiX Working Papers 2007-31, University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX.
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    4. Kirill Borissov & Thierry Bréchet & Stéphane Lambrecht, 2012. "Environmental Maintenance in a Dynamic Model with Heterogenous Agents," Working Papers hal-00989799, HAL.

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