occurs in the context of the HochmanRodgers scheme is a function of a) people's rate of substitution between the satisfaction derived from retaining income and that derived from giving it, and b) the distribution of earnings which exists before giving occurs. Whatever the values of a), the outcome will differ depending on b). Such, at least, will be the case unless everybody's rate of substitution is such that complete equality results. Pareto optimal redistribution thus constitutes a secondary redistribution which depends on the initial distribu

Journal Article On the Income Distribution as a Public Good Get access Harold M. Hochman, Harold M. Hochman The Urban Institute Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar James D. Rodgers, James D. Rodgers Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Gordon Tullock Gordon Tullock Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 87, Issue 2, May 1973, Pages 311–315, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882193 Published: 01 May 1973