Group size and free riding when private and public goods are gross substitutes

Using the traditional model of voluntary public good provision, it is shown that an expansion of group size exacerbates free riding tendencies as long as private consumption and the public good are strictly normal and weak gross substitutes. This result generalizes a previous Cobb-Douglas example with respect to preferences and asymmetric equilibria.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Gaube, Thomas
Publisher:	Bonn : University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
Subject:	private provision of public goods \| group size

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Series:	Bonn Econ Discussion Papers ; 13/2000
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	869515896 [GVK] hdl:10419/78425 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:bonedp:132000 [RePEc]
Classification:	H41 - Public Goods
Source:	EconStor

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