Proposing a Simplifying Assumption for a Public Goods Model
An economist is building a model of a city government's decision on how to allocate its budget between two public goods: road maintenance and public park funding. To make the problem mathematically manageable, a simplifying assumption about the city's objective is needed. Propose one such simplifying assumption and briefly explain its economic justification.
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