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    Support for public provision of a private good with top-up and opt-out: A controlled laboratory experiment

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    Authors
    Buckley, N.
    Cuff, K.
    Hurley, J.
    Mestelman, S.
    Thomas, Stephanie
    Cameron, D.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Buckley, N. and Cuff, K. and Hurley, J. and Mestelman, S. and Thomas, S. and Cameron, D. 2015. Support for public provision of a private good with top-up and opt-out: A controlled laboratory experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 111: pp. 177-196.
    Source Title
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jebo.2014.12.016
    ISSN
    0167-2681
    School
    School of Economics and Finance
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50706
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper presents the results of a revealed-choice experiment testing the theoretical predictions of political economy models regarding public support for a publicly provided private good financed with proportional income taxes when individuals can purchase the good privately and either continue to consume public provision (‘top-up’) or forego public provision (‘opt-out’), but in each case continue to pay income taxes. Our laboratory results confirm behavior is consistent with the predicted majority-preferred tax rate under mixed financing with top-up, but we identify preferences for significantly higher rates of public provision than predicted under mixed financing with opt-out. Using non parametric regression analysis, we explore the relationship between individuals’ top-up and opt-out decisions and both their income levels and the implemented tax rates.

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