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Private Provision of Public Goods

Debaere, Peter

Technical Note

Private Provision of Public Goods

Debaere, Peter

GEM-0144 | Published August 17, 2016 | 3 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

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This note argues that it is hard for private institutions to provide the public goods that the government provides. In other words, there will tend to be an under provision of public goods if private institutions provided them. The explanation this note provides hinges on the very nature of what public, as opposed to private, goods are.