Optimal mechanism design for the private supply of a public good

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 229-242

  Csapó, Gergely ^a   Müller, Rudolf ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mechanism design; Profit maximization; Public good provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877120907     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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