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Public goods and Public interests:Is There a Connection?
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2014-11-25-40
Abstract
The paper is aimed to analyze the validity of statements encountering in the literature that the content of objective public interests are public and merit goods, and that features of these ones determinate the necessity of public budgeting for these goods’ provision. The history of the aforementioned notions and their role in the public finance theory development are analyzed. It is shown that the linkage between public goods and public interests is postulated but its practical verifications are absent.
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V. Tambovtsev
Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Tambovtsev V. Public goods and Public interests:Is There a Connection? Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2014;(11):25-40. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2014-11-25-40
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