On the private provision of public goods
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In this article, the authors consider a general model of non-cooperative provision of a public good and show that there is always a unique Nash equilibrium in the model and characterize the properties and the comparative statics of the equilibrium.About:
This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 1986-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2237 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Public good & Public goods game.read more
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Reverse knowledge and technology transfer: imbalances caused by cognitive barriers in asymmetric relationships
TL;DR: This paper establishes a theoretical framework for the investigation of barriers to successful reverse knowledge transfer including failure of psychological contracts, perceived lack of procedural justice, a lack of intrinsic motivation, psychic distance and liability of foreignness.
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Joint Production and the Private Provision of Public Goods
TL;DR: In this paper, a model in which public goods can be provided by both donations and joint production with a private good is investigated, and its properties are compared with models of public good provision with only one method of provision.
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Noncooperative Support of Public Norm Enforcement in Large Societies
TL;DR: In small groups norm enforcement is provided by mutual punishment and reward In large societies we have enforcement institutions as discussed by the authors, which can emerge as a decentralized equilibrium In a first stage, individuals invest in a public enforcement technology This technology generates a sanctioning system whose effectiveness depends on the aggregate amount of invested resources In a second stage, in which individuals contribute to the provision of a public good, the sanction system imposes penalties and rewards on deviations from the endogenous norm contribution.
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The strategic advantage of being poor: private and public provision of public goods
TL;DR: In a second best world, private provision of public goods has been claimed to be a reasonably good alternative to public provision as discussed by the authors, but this claim needs to be reconsidered in the light of these results.
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Collective action for a common service platform for independent living services.
TL;DR: It is found that a central organization can play an important role in initiating, facilitating and encouraging collaboration among different parties and more willingness for collaboration when the platform is aimed to be open to third-parties to complement the platform with additional services.
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Are Government Bonds Net Wealth
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Economists free ride, does anyone else?: Experiments on the provision of public goods, IV
Gerald Marwell,Ruth E. Ames +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, closely related experiments testing the free rider hypothesis under different conditions, and sampling various sub-populations, are reported, and results question the empirical validity and generality of a strong version of the hypothesis.
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The private provision of a public good is independent of the distribution of income
TL;DR: When a single public good is provided at positive levels by private individuals, its provision is unaffected by a redistribution of income as discussed by the authors, regardless of differences in individual preferences and despite differences in marginal propensities to contribute to the public good.