Public goods in networks

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 478-494

  Bramoullé, Yann ^a   Kranton, Rachel ^b  

^a GREEN ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Independent sets; Information sharing; Strategic substitutes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250637991     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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