Public Service Delivery, Exclusion and Externalities: Theory and Experimental Evidence from India Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg, Antonella Bancalari and Maitreesh Ghatak Abstract This study explores the interaction between the quality of public services, the implementation of user fees, and the resulting potential for exclusion, that can lead to negative externalities. Our theoretical framework takes […]
BREAD Working Paper No. 574, March 2020
Optimal Subsidies for Prevention of Infectious Disease Matthew Goodkin-Gold, Michael Kremer, Christopher M. Snyder, Heidi Williams Abstract Most economists would agree that the positive externalities caused by prevention of infectious disease create a prima facie case for subsidies. However, little is known about the appropriate magnitude of these subsidies, or about whether the level of […]