Voluntary provision of threshold public goods with continuous contributions: Experimental evidence

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-73

  Cadsby, Charles Bram ^a   Maynes, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous contributions; Threshold public goods; Voluntary provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003064946     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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