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Efficiency in a forced contribution threshold public good game

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  • Edward Cartwright
  • Anna Stepanova

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We contrast and compare three ways of predicting efficiency in a forced contribution threshold public good game. The three alternatives are based on ordinal potential, quantal response and impulse balance theory. We report an experiment designed to test the respective predictions and find that impulse balance gives the best predictions. A simple expression detailing when enforced contributions result in high or low efficiency is provided.

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  • Edward Cartwright & Anna Stepanova, 2015. "Efficiency in a forced contribution threshold public good game," Studies in Economics 1506, School of Economics, University of Kent.
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    Keywords

    Public good; threshold; impulse balance theory; quantal response; forced contribution; ordinal potential;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior

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