Financing of Public Goods through Taxation in a General Equilibrium Economy: Theory and Experimental Evidence
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Public goods; Experimental gaming; Voting; taxation; Evolution of institutions;All these keywords.
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- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2011-11-07 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-EXP-2011-11-07 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2011-11-07 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2011-11-07 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2011-11-07 (Public Finance)
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