Intragenerational Externalities and Intergenerational Transfers
Auteur(s)
Martin Kolmar
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Description
In an environment with asymmetric information and intragenerational externalities, the implementation of a first-best efficient Clarke-Groves-Vickrey mechanism may not be feasible if it has to be self-financing. By using intergenerational transfers, the arising budget deficit can be covered in every generation only if the initial allocation is not dynamically efficient. While introducing a pay-as-you-go scheme without addressing the externality already yields a Pareto improvement, further welfare gains can be captured by using the additional resources to achieve a perfect internalization.
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Langue
English
Date
2012
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