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Keywords
Durable public goods; Experiments; Voluntary contribution mechanism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
- C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2015-08-30 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-EXP-2015-08-30 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GER-2015-08-30 (German Papers)
- NEP-GTH-2015-08-30 (Game Theory)
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