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dc.contributor.author | Pickhardt, Michael | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-17 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-17T16:40:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-11-17T16:40:27Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
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 |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Centrum für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (CAWM) |cMünster | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aCAWM Discussion Paper |x48 | en |
dc.subject.jel | H41 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C90 | en |
dc.subject.jel | B31 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Olson | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Pareto | en |
dc.subject.keyword | public goods | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Pareto-optimality | en |
dc.subject.keyword | linear public goods experiments | en |
dc.subject.keyword | inclusive groups | en |
dc.title | Pareto meets Olson: A note on Pareto-optimality and group size in linear public goods games | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 672472236 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:cawmdp:48 | en |
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