Macro · Structures & Institutions Stub 1956

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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