Dynamic Volunteer's Dilemma with Procrastinators
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Keywords
Dynamic Volunteer's dilemma; Present bias; Hyperbolic discounting; Strotz-Pollak equilibrium; Time inconsistency;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GTH-2023-02-13 (Game Theory)
- NEP-MIC-2023-02-13 (Microeconomics)
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