Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Title: The Theory of Cost Sharing Author-Name: Shlomo Weber Author-Name: Hans Wiesmeth Author-Postal: Author-Phone: Author-Homepage: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Abstract: This paper investigates efficiency and equitability issues given a cost sharing method f in an economy with a public commodity. We introduce the basic concept of a f-Lindahl equilibrium and study the set of all these particular equilibrium allocations. It then turns out that this set is contained in the core of the economy. Finally, we devise a mechanism to implement f-Lindahl equilibria. Series: Sonderforschungsbereich 303, University of Bonn, Germany Length: Creation-Date: 1989-09 Revision-Date: Handle: RePEc:bon:bonsfa:257