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This paper was published (buried) in 1976 in an edited volume, Theory and Measurement of Economic Inequalities, edited by Steven Y. Lin, published by Academic Press. Even at this early stage in my career, I should have known better than to put a good paper in such an obscure place.

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ABSTRACT:
This paper contains a proof of the existence of Lindahl equilibrium in a very general model of externalities, public goods, and non-selfish preferences. The trick in this paper is to treat all goods as pure public goods, with private goods and their competitive prices treated as special cases induced by special structure within the public goods, Lindahl framework.

SUGGESTED CITATION:
Ted Bergstrom, "Collective Choice and the Lindahl Allocation Method" (July 1, 1976). Department of Economics, UCSB. Ted Bergstrom. Paper 1976A.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/ucsbecon/bergstrom/1976A