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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Median Voter Theorem<br />

With single-peaked preferences, majority voting rule produces a voting<br />

equilibrium (stable choice)<br />

Voting eq. is characterized by preferred level of voter whose preferred<br />

level of PG spending is at the median of the distribution<br />

Compute preferred spending for each individual, G h<br />

Majority voting will select median of distribution of G h<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 7: <strong>Public</strong> Goods and Externalities 25 / 138

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