RE: Top 10 Economic Puzzles

[Eric Crampton]

If voting is a public good, then so is driving my '69 Buick around.  I'm
voluntarily paying more for gas than I would if I had a more fuel efficient
car just so that I can make my contribution to the highly-underrated
greenhouse effect.

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William Dickens
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 9:38 AM
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Subject: Re: Top 10 Economic Puzzles


5) Why do people vote (or engage in other socially useful but individually
wasteful behavior)?

William T. Dickens
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