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Group specific public goods, orchestration of interest groups with free riding

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  • Yosef Mealem

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  • Gil Epstein & Yosef Mealem, 2009. "Group specific public goods, orchestration of interest groups with free riding," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 139(3), pages 357-369, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:139:y:2009:i:3:p:357-369
    DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9398-y
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    Keywords

    Contests; Rent seeking; Public good; Heterogeneity; Free-riding; Orchestration of interest groups; D72; C72; H41;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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