@article{Fraser:268369,
      recid = {268369},
      author = {Fraser, Clive D.},
      title = {VOLUNTARY PUBLIC GOODS },
      address = {1989-11-11},
      number = {2068-2018-756},
      pages = {34},
      year = {1989},
      abstract = {A voluntary public good is a non-rivalrously-consumed  commodity which, nonetheless, individuals can only consume  if they make some enabling expenditure. E.g., with visual  broadcasting a television is required and, in much of  Europe, a licence. First, we characterise the population of  voluntary consumers at arbitrary levels of the licence fee.  Next, we consider the optimal licence fee chosen by a  utilitarian government which recognises it does not have a  captive population of public good consumers. We compare  this outcome with that arising when the public good is  financed from general taxation via a uniform poll tax and  thus everyone consumes it.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/268369},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.268369},
}