Constrained public goods in networks

Nizar Allouch and Maia King

This paper analyses the private provision of public goods where agents interact within a fixed network structure and may benefit only from their direct neighbours' provisions. We survey the literature and then generalise the public goods in networks model of Bramoullé and Kranton (2007) to allow for constrained provision. In so doing, we show that, using the concept of k-insulated set, any network supports a Nash equilibrium with no intermediate contributors.

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Year of publication:	[2018]
Authors:	Allouch, Nizar ; King, Maia
Publisher:	Canterbury, Kent : School of Economics, Keynes College, University of Kent
Subject:	public goods \| Nash equilibrium \| k-insulated set \| networks \| Öffentliche Güter \| Public goods \| Nash-Gleichgewicht \| Netzwerk \| Network \| Soziales Netzwerk \| Social network \| Spieltheorie \| Game theory \| Nichtkooperatives Spiel \| Noncooperative game \| Trittbrettfahrerverhalten \| Free rider problem