Public Good Provision: Using an Evolutionary Game Theoretic Approach to Modeling

Sandeshika, Sharma (2004): Public Good Provision: Using an Evolutionary Game Theoretic Approach to Modeling.

Abstract

Public Goods Provision problem is studied using a new modeling tool which enables us to find various equilibria of the game, which are robust to any functional form specification.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Public Goods, Evolution of Cooperation, Qualitative Evolutionary Games
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods; D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D71 - Social Choice ; Clubs ; Committees ; Associations; D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making

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