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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Pickhardt, Michael | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2011-11-17 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2011-11-17T16:40:27Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2011-11-17T16:40:27Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2011 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51369 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | In this paper I examine the relationship between Pareto-optimality and group size in linear public goods games or experiments. In particular, I use the standard setting of homogeneous linear public goods experiments and apply a recently developed tool to identify all Pareto-optimal allocations in such settings. It turns out that under any conceivable circumstances, ceteris paribus, small groups have a higher Pareto-ratio (Pareto-optimal allocations over total allocations) than large groups. Hence, if Pareto-optimality of an allocation is a property that makes such allocations acceptable and maintainable, small groups will find is easier to provide Pareto-optimal amounts of a public good than large groups. This is a novel reasoning for Mancur Olson's claim, in particular, with respect to what he has termed inclusive goods and inclusive groups. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | CAWM Münster | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | CAWM discussion paper / Centrum für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung Münster 48 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | H41 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | C90 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | B31 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Olson | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Pareto | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | public goods | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Pareto-optimality | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | linear public goods experiments | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | inclusive groups | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Pareto meets Olson: A note on Pareto-optimality and group size in linear public goods games | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 672472236 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.repec | | RePEc:zbw:cawmdp:48 | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | CAWM Discussion Papers, Universität Münster
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