Near-efficient equilibria in contribution-based competitive grouping

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 987-994

  Gunnthorsdottir, Anna ^a   Vragov, Roumen ^b   Seifert, Stefan ^c   McCabe, Kevin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b The Right Incentive   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous group formation; Equilibrium selection; Experiment; Free riding; Mechanism design; Non cooperative game theory; Social dilemma; Tacit coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049477799     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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