Should husband and wife really pool their incomes?

Autor: Abdullahi O. Abdulkadri, R. Swaby
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Applied Economics Letters. 14:813-816
ISSN: 1466-4291
1350-4851
DOI: 10.1080/13504850600675476
Popis: This article addresses the problem of optimal provision of household public goods in family decision-making. In particular, we attempt to answer the question of whether or not the family is better off as an entity when spouses pool their incomes. Our findings suggest that the equilibrium attained when incomes are pooled is Pareto superior to the Cournot–Nash equilibrium outcome.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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