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In the Shadow of Coase

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  • Kevin Berry

    (Institute of Social and Economic Reesarch, Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage)

  • Anthony R. Delmond

    (The University of Tennessee at Martin)

  • Rémi Morin Chassé

    (University of Quebec at Chicoutimi)

  • John C. Strandholm

    (University of South Carolina Upstate)

  • Jason F. Shogren

    (Department of Economics, University of Wyoming)

Abstract

We explore how three parties bargain over a public good created by development on only one party’s property. With strong property rights, parties secure equal payment. With weak rights, parties reimburse costs and divide surplus so the developer is indifferent.

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  • Kevin Berry & Anthony R. Delmond & Rémi Morin Chassé & John C. Strandholm & Jason F. Shogren, 2018. "In the Shadow of Coase," Working Papers 2018-03, University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ala:wpaper:2018-03
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    Keywords

    public good; bargaining; experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
    • C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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