Free riding and the inefficiency of the private production of pure public goods

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-91

  Cornes, R C ^a   Schweinberger, A G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 0342570391     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136152     Document Type: Article

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