A Rationale for Non-Monotonic Group-Size Effect in Repeated Provision of Public Goods
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Keywords
pure public goods ; repeated game ; non-monotonic group-size effect;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2014-07-13 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-EXP-2014-07-13 (Experimental Economics)
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