Private provision of discrete public goods with incomplete information

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 493-514

  Menezes, Flavio M ^a   Monteiro, Paulo K ^a   Temimi, Akram ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contribution and subscription games; D79; D89; H89; Incomplete information; Private provision of public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008572920     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4068(01)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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