Volunteering a Public Service: An Experimental Investigation
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- Bilodeau, Marc & Childs, Jason & Mestelman, Stuart, 2004. "Volunteering a public service: an experimental investigation," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 88(12), pages 2839-2855, December.
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JEL classification:
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2002-04-03 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-EXP-2002-04-03 (Experimental Economics)
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