Equilibrium existence and uniqueness in public good models: An elementary proof via contraction

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 499-509

  Cornes, Richard ^a   Hartley, Roger ^a   Sandler, Todd ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040831716     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1097-3923.00023     Document Type: Article

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