Equilibrium among local jurisdictions: toward an integrated treatment of voting and residential choice |
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Authors: | Dennis Epple Radu Filimon Thomas Romer |
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Affiliation: | Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA;Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA;Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA |
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Abstract: | In models of local public goods with mobile consumers, existence of equilibrium is problematic. Difficulties with existence of equilibrium that arise in models with discrete locations and in models with voting are compounded when both features are introduced into the same model. We present conditions under which equilibrium exists in a model where freely mobile households choose community of residence and amount of housing consumption, and vote on the level of public goods provision. These conditions involve restrictions on preferences and the technology of public goods supply. At least some of these conditions appear consistent with empirical observations. We discuss the implications of the conditions, and their role in assuring existence of equilibrium. A series of computational examples provide illustrations of the way these conditions interact, and the difficulties that must be confronted if they are to be relaxed. |
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