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Aggregative Public Good Games
Author(s) -
CORNES RICHARD,
HARTLEY ROGER
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of public economic theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.809
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1467-9779
pISSN - 1097-3923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2007.00304.x
Subject(s) - exploit , simple (philosophy) , contrast (vision) , function (biology) , microeconomics , economics , work (physics) , public good , mathematical economics , computer science , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , computer security , epistemology , artificial intelligence , engineering
We exploit the aggregative structure of the public good model to provide a simple analysis of the voluntary contribution game. In contrast to the best response function approach, ours avoids the proliferation of dimensions as the number of players is increased, and can readily analyze games involving many heterogeneous players. We demonstrate the approach at work on the standard pure public good model and show how it can analyze extensions of the basic model.