The role of aggregation technologies in the provision of supranational public goods: A reconsideration of NATO's strategies

Ghislain Dutheil de La Rochère, Jean-Michel Josselin () and Yvon Rocaboy
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Ghislain Dutheil de La Rochère: Ecoles de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan [Guer]
Jean-Michel Josselin: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Voluntary contributions to the provision of public goods do not necessarily follow a summation aggregation technology. The article investigates the alternative best-shot aggregation process and provides the corresponding Nash equilibrium conditions for allies in the context of joint products in a supranational alliance. The application deals with NATO over the period 1955-2006 and evidences new breakpoints and aggregation technology assessments, which leads to a reconsideration of the alliance's strategy. We find that a best-shot technology prevails from 1955 to 1970. Afterwards, summation of contributions becomes the aggregation technology of the alliance, with increased strategic behavior after 1990.

Keywords: Supranational public goods; International organizations; Aggregation of contributions; Best-shot; NATO (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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Published in The Review of International Organizations, 2010, 6 (1), pp.85-103. ⟨10.1007/s11558-010-9098-x⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s11558-010-9098-x

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