Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26527 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2482
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper develops an expanded framework for social planning in which the existence of coercion is explicitly acknowledged. Key issues concern the precise definition of coercion for individuals and in the aggregate, its difference from redistribution, and its incorporation into normative analysis. We explore modifications to traditional rules for optimal fiscal policy in the presence of coercion constraints and determine the degree of coercion implied by traditional social planning. The paper maps the trade-off between social welfare and aggregate coercion and explores its implications for normative policy and the comparative evaluation of institutions, including competitive democracy.
Subjects: 
Coercion
redistribution
social planning
optimal fiscal policy
marginal cost of funds
public goods
collective choice
JEL: 
D70
H10
H20
H21
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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