Depreciation and intergenerational altruism in the private provision of public goods

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 725-738

  Myles, Gareth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; H21; H41; Private provision; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031443562     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(97)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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