Heterogeneity, Coordination and the Provision of Best-Shot Public Goods
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Keywords
Best-shot public goods; Coordination problem; Endowment heterogeneity; Return heterogeneity; Experiment; C72; C92; D01; H41;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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