Matching as a cure for underprovision of voluntary public good supply

被引:26
作者
Buchholz, Wolfgang [2 ,3 ]
Cornes, Richard [1 ]
Ruebbelke, Dirk [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Econ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
[2] Univ Regensburg, D-8400 Regensburg, Germany
[3] CESifo Munich, Munich, Germany
[4] BC3, Bilbao, Spain
[5] Basque Fdn Sci, IKERBASQUE, Bilbao, Spain
关键词
Public goods; Matching; Pareto optimality; EFFICIENT PRIVATE PROVISION;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.095
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Matching mechanisms are widely regarded as providing a promising way to cure the public good underprovision problem, but the Pareto optimal interior matching equilibrium emerges only under very special conditions. However, we show that public good underprovision is normally avoided. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:727 / 729
页数:3
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