We study the decision problems faced by a city authority (CA) who focuses on two different objectives in her attempt to attract members of the creative class to her city by providing a local public good (LPG). First, we compute the maximum tax that a creative class member is willing to pay to enjoy the LPG on offer by living in the CA’s city. Second, assuming that the CA acts like a “monopolist” interested in maximizing the total benefit to her city, we determine the number of members N to attract to her city and the amount of the LPG L to provide so that the total benefit is maximized. Third, supposing that the CA maximizes the welfare of an individual member, we ascertain the values of N and L that maximize this individual welfare. Finally, we compare and contrast the outcomes that arise from the CA’s focus on these two distinct objectives.

我们研究了市政府（CA）面临的决策问题，该市政府侧重于两个不同的目标，试图通过提供本地公共物品（LPG）将创意阶层的成员吸引到她的城市。首先，我们计算出创意类成员愿意在CA的城市居住以享受所提供的LPG所愿意支付的最高税额。其次，假设CA像是一个“垄断者”，希望最大化其城市的总收益，我们确定吸引其城市的N个成员的数量以及要提供的LPG L的数量，以使总收益最大化。第三，假设CA可以最大化单个成员的福利，我们确定N和L的值使个人福利最大化。最后，我们比较并对比了CA对这两个不同目标的关注所产生的结果。