Simple Subscription Mechanisms for Excludable Public Goods

Citation:

Winter, Parimal Kanti Bag, and Eyal. “Simple Subscription Mechanisms For Excludable Public Goods”. Discussion Papers 1999. Web.

Abstract:

For excludable public goods, we propose simple mechanisms to uniquely implement a (core) stable and efficient production and cost-sharing outcome: consumers are asked to announce sequentially their minimal requested level of public good and a subscription towards its production. In one mechanism the subscriptions are order-independent and thus symmetric. The equilibrium outcomes induced by our mechanisms are immune to strategic deviations by coalitions. Keywords: Excludable public good, demand-subscription mechanism, implementation, stand alone core, coalition formation, strong equilibrium. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: H41, C72, D78.

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