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WEAK LINKS, GOOD SHOTS AND OTHER PUBLICGOOD GAMES: BUILDING ON BBV

Cornes, Richard; Hartley, Roger E. - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics; … - 2006

We suggest an alternative way of analyzing the canonical Bergstrom-Blume-Varian model of non-cooperative voluntary contributions to a public goodthat avoids the proliferation of dimensions as the number of players is in-creased. We exploit this approach to analyze models in which the...

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EXISTENCE, UNIQUENESS AND SOMECOMPARATIVE STATICS FOR RATIO- ANDLINDAHL EQUILIBRIA: NEW WINE IN OLDBOTTLES

Buchholz, Wolfgang; Cornes, Richard; Peters, Wolfgang - Universität <Regensburg> / Fakultät für …; … - 2006

We present a rigorous, yet elementary, demonstration of the existence of a uniqueLindahl equilibrium under the assumptions that characterize the standard n-player public goodmodel. Indeed, our approach, which exploits the aggregative structure of the public goodmodel, lends itself to a...

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MODELS WITH TWO OR MORE PUBLIC GOODS

Cornes, Richard; Itaya, Jun-ichi - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics; … - 2003

We extend the simple model of voluntary public good provision toallow for two or more public goods, and explore the new possibilitiesthat arise in this setting. We show that, when there are many publicgoods, voluntary contrib...

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AGGREGATIVE PUBLIC GOOD GAMES

Cornes, Richard; Hartley, Roger E. - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics; … - 2003

We exploit the aggregative structure of the public good modelto provide a simple analysis of the voluntary contribution game. Incontrast to the best response function approach, ours avoids the pro-liferation of dimensions as the number of players is increased, andcan readily analyse games...

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Enforcement of Vintage Differentiated Regulations:The Case of New Source Review

Bushnell, James B.; Wolfram, Catherine D. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2010

This paper analyzes the eects of the New Source Review (NSR) environmental regula-tions on coal-red electric power … plants. Regulations that grew out of the Clean Air Actof 1970 required new electric generating plants to install costly …

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Competition and Regulation via Supply and DemandFunctions in Oligopolistic-Oligopsonistic Markets

Bulut, Harun; Koray, Semih - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2008

In this study, we regard the oligopolistic-oligopsonistic markets within the framework of a“double auction” in which both buyers and sellers make bids. To this end, we introduce gameswhere declarations of supply and demand functions (which need not be true) are treated asstrategic variables...

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Jon Elster und das Problem lokaler Gerechtigkeit

Pies, Ingo; Viebranz, Jörg - Universität <Halle, Saale> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2007

Untersuchung ist zweigeteilt. Der erste Teil rekonstruiert Elsters Beiträge zu einer Theorie lokaler Gerechtigkeit. Der zweite Teil … betreffen zum einen den Erklärungsgehalt seiner Analysen ((4)). Sie betreffen zum anderen den normativen Ertrag seiner Theorie … lokaler Gerechtigkeit für eine allgemeine Theorie sozialer Gerechtigkeit ((5)). Der Beitrag endet mit einer abschließenden …

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Die Sachs-Easterly-Kontroverse : "Dissent on Development" Revisited

Hielscher, Stefan - Universität <Halle, Saale> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2008

Der entwicklungsökonomische Diskurs ist aktuell geprägt durch eine kontroverseDebatte zwischen Jeffrey Sachs und William Easterly. Der Beitrag rekonstruiert beide Ansätze aus ordonomischer Perspektive. Er argumentiert, dass eine auf Kooperation angelegte Semantik vergleichsweise besser...

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Quality Certification by Geographical Indications,Trademarks and Firm Reputation

Menapace, Luisa; Moschini, GianCarlo - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2010

ability of reputation to operate as a mechanism for assuringquality when it is linked to some inherent attributes of a …

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Effects and Value of Verifiable Information in aControversial Market: Evidence from Lab Auctions ofGenetically Modified Food

Rousu, Matthew C.; Huffman, Wallace E.; Shogren, Jason F.; … - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2006

Food products containing genetically modified (GM) ingredients have entered themarket over the past decade. The biotech industry and environmental groups have disseminatingconflicting private information about GM foods. This paper develops a unique methodology forvaluing independent third-party...

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