Cindy and dan share a public good g cindys preferences are


Cindy and Dan share a public good G. Cindy's preferences are Uc = Xc + 2G^1/2, and she has income Mc. Dan has preferences Ud = Xd + 8G^1/2, and he has income Md. Both X and G have a price of 1.

a. What is the Pareto efficient level of G?

b. Dan suggests they finance the Pareto efficient level of G by each paying half the cost. WouldCindy agree to this? That is, is Dan's suggestion a Pareto improvement over having G=0?

c. Instead Cindy would implement the Lindahl solution. What share of the Pareto efficientlevel of G would Cindy pay under this solution?

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