TY - JOUR T1 - Bundling Private Complements to Finance Public Goods JF - Land Economics JO - Land Econ SP - 440 LP - 460 DO - 10.3368/le.98.3.082621-0099 VL - 98 IS - 3 AU - H. Spencer Banzhaf AU - V. Kerry Smith Y1 - 2022/08/01 UR - http://le.uwpress.org/content/98/3/440.abstract N2 - The U.S. National Park Service and other agencies argue that our recreation lands face a crisis of deferred maintenance. This article evaluates two proposals for funding public lands: increasing gate fees and taxing recreational gear. It analyzes the joint welfare effects of such taxes and the services supported by the revenue. It shows that when the taxed goods and the public service are weak complements, there is a simple, sufficient statistic determining whether the joint effect increases welfare for both consumers and sellers: the quantity demanded for the taxed good increases. We illustrate these results with data for recreational services. ER -