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Commitment And Matching Contributions To Public Goods

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  • Robin Boadway
  • Jean-Francois Tremblay

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Zhen Song

    (Queen's University)

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This paper studies multi-stage processes of non-cooperative voluntary provision of public goods. In the first stage, one or more players announce contributions that may be conditional on the subsequent contributions of others. In later stages, players choose their own contributions and fulfill any commitments made in the first stage. Equilibrium contributions are characterized under different assumptions about the commitment ability of players, the number of public goods and whether players commit to matching rates or to discrete quantities. We focus on contribution mechanisms thatcan emerge and be sustainable without a central authority, and that therefore may be particularly relevant for theprovision of international public goods. Efficient levels of public goods can be achieved under some circumstances.

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  • Robin Boadway & Jean-Francois Tremblay & Zhen Song, 2006. "Commitment And Matching Contributions To Public Goods," Working Paper 1067, Economics Department, Queen's University.
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    Keywords

    voluntary provision; matching contributions; commitment; multiple public goods;
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    JEL classification:

    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods

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