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Volunteer work and club size: Nash equilibrium and optimality

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  • BARHAM, Vicky

    (CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)

  • BOADWAY, Robin

    (Queen’s University)

  • MARCHAND, Maurice

    (CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)

  • PESTIEAU, Pierre

    (CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, and Université de Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium)

Abstract

The non-cooperative provision of public goods is analysed in the context of a two-stage game in which club size is determined endogenously. Equilibrium club size and voluntary labour supply are shown to be inefficient. The impact of optimally-chosen fiscal policies using simple instruments is studied. When agents do not derive nonpecuniary benefits from volunteer work, lump-sum grants can be used to implement the first-best equal treatment allocation but private provision is fully crowded out. Otherwise, it is found that simple fiscal instruments cannot implement the first-best equal-treatment allocation unless club size is directly regulated.

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  • BARHAM, Vicky & BOADWAY, Robin & MARCHAND, Maurice & PESTIEAU, Pierre, 1992. "Volunteer work and club size: Nash equilibrium and optimality," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 1992040, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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