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Summer 2024

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 39, Number 2

Categories: Summer 2024 | Immigration | Voting

Foreign-Born Residents and the Optimal Provision of Public Goods: An Application of Lindahl Pricing and Tiebout Sorting

Brian K. Strow, Palm Beach Atlantic University

Claudia W. Strow, Palm Beach Atlantic University

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Strow,BrianK.,andClaudiaW.Strow.2024.“Foreign-BornResidentsandtheOptimalProvisionofPublicGoods:AnApplicationofLindahlPricingandTieboutSorting.”JournalofPrivateEnterprise,39(2):31–56.Foreign-BornResidentsandtheOptimalProvisionofPublicGoods:AnApplicationofLindahlPricingandTieboutSortingBrianK.StrowPalmBeachAtlanticUniversityUnitedStatesofAmericaClaudiaW.StrowPalmBeachAtlanticUniversityUnitedStatesofAmericaAbstractThispaperexaminesimmigrationasitrelatestotwowell-knownpublicfinancemodelsofoptimalpublicgoodsprovision:LindahlpricingandtheTieboutmodel.Asthemajorfunctionoflocalgovernmentsistheprovisionofpublicgoods,thispapersuggeststhatlocal-levelvoterparticipationbyimmigrantscouldimprovepreferencerevelationinLindahl’smodelandreinforceTieboutsortingbetweenjurisdictions.Furthermore,theincreaseduseofvouchersprovidedtostudents,nativeandforeignbornalike,increasesdirectpreferencerevelationconcerningthespecificpublicgoodofeducation.Byusinglong-standingpublicfinancemodels,thispapershowsthatpolicyideasoftheLeft,increasedvoice(accesstothevotingbooth),andtheRight,increasedfreedomofexit(accesstoschoolvouchers),havethetheoreticalbenefitofincreasingpublicgoodoptimization.JELCodes:H2,H4,J6Keywords:immigration,schoolvouchers,voting,Lindahl,TieboutI.IntroductionOnMay11,2023,arestrictiveCOVID-eraUSimmigrationpolicy,Title42,expired.Title42allowedborderagentstoquicklyexpelmanyasylumseekersbacktoMexicoortheirhomecountries.Duringthethreeyearsthepolicywasinplace,2.7millionmigrantexpulsionstookplace,whileanother2.8millionmigrantswereallowedintotheUS(Hesson2023).WiththeexpirationofTitle42,analystsandpolicymakerspredictedthattherewouldbeanincreaseinthenumberofthoseactivelyseekingentryintotheUS(DejarnisandBarnhart2023).

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Title	Foreign-Born Residents and the Optimal Provision of Public Goods: An Application of Lindahl Pricing and Tiebout Sorting
Authors/Creators:	Brian K. Strow, Palm Beach Atlantic University Claudia W. Strow, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Year:	2024
Volume:	39
Number:	2
Pages:	31 - 56
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	immigration, school vouchers, voting, Lindahl, Tiebout

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Strow, Brian K.; Strow, Claudia W. / 2024. "Foreign-Born Residents and the Optimal Provision of Public Goods: An Application of Lindahl Pricing and Tiebout Sorting." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 39(2): 31-56.