An Alternative Algorithm for Identifying Free Riders Based on a No-Free-Rider Nash Equilibrium

Ratna K. Shrestha and Kwang Soo Cheong ()

FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2007, vol. 63, issue 2, 278-284

Abstract: In identifying the free riders in the voluntary provision of a pure public good, Andreoni and McGuire (1993) simplify Bergstrom, Blume, and Varian's (1986)algorithm by systematizing the selection process of potential contributors. We propose an alternative algorithm in which a concept of no-free-rider Nash equilibrium is utilized to identify potentially a large fraction of free riders in Nash equilibrium without conducting any Nash solution tests for them.

Keywords: public goods; free riders; algorithm; no-free-rider Nash equilibrium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1628/001522107X220116

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