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标题：Collective Consumption Externalities and Charitable Giving
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作者：Scott A. Beaulier ; Joshua C. Hall
期刊名称：New Perspectives on Political Economy
印刷版ISSN：1801-0938
电子版ISSN：1801-0938
出版年度：2008
卷号：04
期号：01
出版社：Liberalni Institut, University of Economics, Prague
摘要：Charitable giving suffers from market failure, which means government redistribution and other forms of social insurance can be justified. According to market failure theorists, charitable giving for poverty alleviation suffers from a free-rider problem. In a free market, giving will, therefore, be underprovided. Using insights from public choice theory and Austrian economics, our paper finds market failure arguments to be an insufficient justification for government intervention. Private charity and redistribution respects autonomy and is more robust in creating incentives for people to help the poor.