Tiebout Sorting Model - "Voting with One's Feet"
티부 가설과 발에 의한 투표
A landmark public economic theory positing that mobile consumer-voters reveal preferences for local public goods by moving to jurisdictions that best match their desired tax-expenditure packages ("voting with their feet").
| Field | Economics · Political Science · Geography |
|---|---|
| Level of analysis | Macro · Structures & Institutions |
| Paradigm | Rational Choice |
| Key figures | 👤 Charles Tiebout (찰스 티부) |
| Year | 1956 |
Key Claims
Charles Tiebout demonstrated that jurisdictional competition solves the free-rider and preference-revelation problem of public goods. Fully mobile households sort themselves across competing municipalities based on their tax-benefit preferences, achieving a market-like Pareto efficient outcome.
Further Reading
- Tiebout, C. M. (1956). A pure theory of local expenditures. Journal of Political Economy, 64(5), 416–424.
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