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Testing a Coordination Process for Shared Goods: The Possibility of Successful Collective Action

Loehman, Edna T.; Rassenti, Stephen J. - 1997

"This paper reports the design and testing of a coordination process for finding a group agreement simultaneously about cost sharing and the nature of a shared good. The process was designed to search for a cost sharing equilibrium, a particular type of Pareto optimum. The cost share equilibrium...

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Under What Conditions are Decentralized Solutions to Collective Action Problems Likely?

Maier-Rigaud, Frank - 2000

"The paper outlines conditions under which decentralized approaches are likely to succeed in solving collective action problems. Criteria that render successful decentralized collective action more likely have mainly been developed in the Common Pool Resource (CPR) and International Relations...

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Incorporating Motivational Heterogeneity into Game Theoretic Models of Collective Action

Ahn, Toh-Kyeong; Ostrom, Elinor; Walker, James M. - 2002

Subsequently published as:"Incorporating Motivational Heterogeneity into Game Theoretic Models of Collective Action." Public Choice, 117, 2003, 295-315."Understanding cooperation in the context of social dilemma games is fundamental to understanding how alternative institutional arrangements may...

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It Works in Practice. Does It Work in Theory?

Moir, Robert - 1998

theory. Further research is necessary to understand how individuals operate in this environment." …

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The Missing Link: Collective-Choice Policymaking in Nonprofit, For-Profit, and Public Child Care Centers

Bushouse, Brenda K. - 1999

to explain nonprofit production of certain types of goods. Hansmann (1980, 1986) developed Contract Failure Theory to …. Weisbrod (1977, 1988) developed the theory of Market/Government Failure to explain nonprofit production of collective goods … primary justification for the nonprofit institutional form. In Contract Failure Theory it signals quality to consumers because …

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