Strategic decentralization and the provision of global public goods

Foucart, Renaud and Wan, Cheng (2017) Strategic decentralization and the provision of global public goods. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management . ISSN 0095-0696

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Abstract

We study strategic decentralization in the provision of a global public good. A federation, with the aim of maximizing the aggregate utility of its members, may find it advantageous to decentralize the decision-making, so that its members act autonomously to maximize their own utility. If utility is fully transferable within a federation, the larger a federation is or the more sensitive it is to the public good, the more it has incentives to remain centralized. If an overall increase in the sensitivity to the public good induces some federation(s) to decentralize, it may lead to a decrease in the aggregate provision. With non-transferable utility within a federation, those members that are smaller or less sensitive to the public good are more likely to prefer decentralization. Some members within a federation becoming more sensitive to the public good may thus lead to a lower aggregate provision, because the increased heterogeneity of the federation makes it more inclined to decentralize.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/879970
Keywords: Global public goods; Decentralization; Delegation
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > Nottingham University Business School
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2017.08.006
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2018 10:51
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:03
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/49576

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