Sharing the cost of a public good: An incentive-constrained axiomatic approach

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 275-302

  Maniquet, François ^a   Sprumont, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Canada H3A 2T7   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excludable public good; Fairness; Incentive compatibility; Serial rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049118165     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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