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The overprovision anomaly of private public good supply

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  • Wolfgang Peters

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  • Wolfgang Buchholz & Wolfgang Peters, 2001. "The overprovision anomaly of private public good supply," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 74(1), pages 63-78, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jeczfn:v:74:y:2001:i:1:p:63-78
    DOI: 10.1007/BF01231216
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    4. Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet & Céline Guivarch, 2018. "Asymmetric impacts and over-provision of public goods," CIRED Working Papers hal-01960318, HAL.
    5. Thomas Gaube, 2005. "Altruism and charitable giving in a fully replicated economy," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2005_8, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.

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    Keywords

    overprovision of public goods; subscription equilibria; Warr neutrality; cost-share equilibria; Lindahl prices; C72; D62; H41;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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