Fundamental impossibility theorems on voluntary participation in the provision of non-excludable public goods
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Keywords
Impossibility theorems; Voluntary participation; Non-excludable public goods; Lindahl equilibrium; Voluntary contribution mechanism; Olson’s conjecture; C72; D71; D78; H41;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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