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Public Economics Concepts

Ideas about taxation and public goods, including the Laffer curve and the nature of a public good. A concept belongs here when its cited article describes a tax or public goods idea. The group brings together the entries filed under the heading Public Economics Concepts, so a reader can compare them and move from one to another within the same part of the economic field. Each entry in the group links to its own article with its sources and related entries.

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Laffer curve (Wikipedia)
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In economics, the Laffer curve illustrates a theoretical relationship between rates of taxation and the resulting levels of the government's tax revenue.
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Public good (Wikipedia)
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In economics, a public good (also referred to as a social good or collective good) is a commodity, product or service that is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous and which is typically provided by a government and paid for through taxation.
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