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Dalton's Principle of MaximumSocial Advantage Public Finance
Post : Gaurav Akrani Date : 1/06/2011 02:45:00 AM IST
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Introduction ↓
The 'Principle of Maximum Social Advantage' was introduced by British
economist Hugh Dalton.
According to Hugh Dalton, "Public Finance" is concerned with income &
expenditure of public authorities and with the adjustment of one with the
other.
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Budgetary activities of the government results in transfer of purchasing power
from some individuals to others. Taxation causes transfer of purchasing
power from tax payers to the public authorities, while public expenditure
results in transfers back from the public authorities to some individuals,
therefore financial operations of the government cause 'Sacrifice or Disutility'
on one hand and 'Benefits or Utility' on the other.
This results in changes in pattern of production, consumption & distribution of
income and wealth. So it is important to know whether those changes are
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socially advantageous or not.
If they are socially advantageous, then the financial operations are justified
otherwise not.
According to Hugh Dalton, "The best system of public finance is that which
secures the maximum social advantage from the operations which it
conducts."
Principle of Maximum Social Advantage (MSA) ↓
The 'Principle of Maximum Social Advantage (MSA)' is the fundamental
principle of Public Finance.
The Principle of Maximum Social Advantage states that public finance leads
to economic welfare when pubic expenditure & taxation are carried out up to
that point where the benefits derived from the MU (Marginal Utility) of
expenditure is equal to (=) the Marginal Disutility or the sacrifice imposed by
taxation.
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Hugh Dalton explains the principle of maximum social advantage with
reference to :-
1. Marginal Social Sacrifice
2. Marginal Social Benefits
This principle is however based on the following assumptions :-
1. All taxes result in sacrifice and all public expenditures lead to benefits.
2. Public revenue consist of only taxes and no other sources of income to
the government.
3. The government has no surplus or deficit budget but only balanced
budget.
4. Public expenditure is subject to diminishing marginal social benefit and
taxes are subject to increasing marginal social sacrifice.
Marginal Social Sacrifice (MSS) ↓
Marginal Social Sacrifice (MSS) refers to that amount of social sacrifice
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undergone by public due to the imposition of an additional unit of tax.
Every unit of tax imposed by the government taxes result in loss of utility.
Dalton says that the additional burden (marginal sacrifice) resulting from
additional units of taxation goes on increasing i.e. the total social sacrifice
increases at an increasing rate. This is because, when taxes are imposed,
the stock of money with the community diminishes. As a result of diminishing
stock of money, the marginal utility of money goes on increasing. Eventually
every additional unit of taxation creates greater amount of impact and greater
amount of sacrifice on the society. That is why the marginal social sacrifice
goes on increasing.
The Marginal social sacrifice is illustrated in the following diagram :-
The above diagram indicates that the Marginal Social Sacrifice (MSS) curve
rises upwards from left to right. This indicates that with each additional unit of
taxation, the level of sacrifice also increases. When the unit of taxation was
OM1, the marginal social sacrifice was OS1, and with the increase in taxation
at OM2, the marginal social sacrifice rises to OS2.
Marginal Social Benefit (MSB) ↓
While imposition of tax puts burden on the people, public expenditure confers
benefits. The benefit conferred on the society, by an additional unit of public
expenditure is known as Marginal Social Benefit (MSB).
Just as the marginal utility from a commodity to a consumer declines as
more and more units of the commodity are made available to him, the social
benefit from each additional unit of public expenditure declines as more and
more units of public expenditure are spent. In the beginning, the units of
public expenditure are spent on the most essential social activities.
Subsequent doses of public expenditure are spent on less and less
important social activities. As a result, the curve of marginal social benefits
slopes downward from left to right as shown in figure below.
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In the above diagram, the marginal social benefit (MSB) curve slopes
downward from left to right. This indicates that the social benefit derived out of
public expenditure is reducing at a diminishing rate. When the public
expenditure was OM1, the marginal social benefit was OB1, and when the
public expenditure is OM2, the marginal social benefit is reduced at OB2.
The Point of Maximum Social Advantage ↓
Social advantage is maximised at the point where marginal social sacrifice
cuts the marginal social benefits curve.
This is at the point P. At this point, the marginal disutility or social sacrifice is
equal to the marginal utility or social benefit. Beyond this point, the marginal
disutility or social sacrifice will be higher, and the marginal utility or social
benefit will be lower.
At point P social advantage is maximum. Now consider Point P1. At this point
marginal social benefit is P1Q1. This is greater than marginal social sacrifice
S1Q1. Since the marginal social sacrifice is lower than the marginal social
benefit, it makes more sense to increase the level of taxation and public
expenditure. This is due to the reason that additional unit of revenue raised
and spent by the government leads to increase in the net social advantage.
This situation of increasing taxation and public expenditure continues, as
long as the levels of taxation and expenditure are towards the left of the point
P.
At point P, the level of taxation and public expenditure moves up to OQ. At this
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point, the marginal utility or social benefit becomes equal to marginal disutility
or social sacrifice. Therefore at this point, the maximum social advantage is
achieved.
At point P2, the marginal social sacrifice S2Q2 is greater than marginal social
benefit P2Q2. Therefore, beyond the point P, any further increase in the level of
taxation and public expenditure may bring down the social advantage. This is
because; each subsequent unit of additional taxation will increase the
marginal disutility or social sacrifice, which will be more than marginal utility
or social benefit. This shows that maximum social advantage is attained only
at point P & this is the point where marginal social benefit of public
expenditure is equal to the marginal social sacrifice of taxation.
Conclusion ↓
Maximum Social Advantage is achieved at the point where the marginal social
benefit of public expenditure and the marginal social sacrifice of taxation are
equated, i.e. where MSB = MSS.
This shows that to obtain maximum social advantage, the public expenditure
should be carried up to the point where the marginal social benefit of the last
rupee or dollar spent becomes equal to the marginal social sacrifice of the
last unit of rupee or dollar taxed.
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