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Constrained public goods in networks

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  • Nizar Allouch
  • Maia King

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This paper analyses the private provision of public goods where agents interact within a fixed network structure and may benefit only from their direct neighbours’ provisions. We survey the literature and then generalise the public goods in networks model of Bramoulle and Kranton (2007) to allow for constrained provision. In so doing, we show that, using the concept of k-insulated set, any network supports a Nash equilibrium with no intermediate contributors.

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  • Nizar Allouch & Maia King, 2018. "Constrained public goods in networks," Studies in Economics 1806, School of Economics, University of Kent.
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    Keywords

    public goods; Nash equilibrium; k-insulated set; networks;
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    JEL classification:

    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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