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Incorporating Motivational Heterogeneity into Game Theoretic Models of Collective Action
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong; Ostrom, Elinor; Walker, James M. - 2002
across individuals. In the research reported here, we examine two models of heterogeneous utility, linear-altruism and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468400
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ANIMAL HEALTH AND THE ROLE OF COMMUNITIES: AN EXAMPLE OF TRYPANASOMOSIS CONTROL OPTIONS IN UGANDA
McCarthy, Nancy; McDermott, John; Coleman, Paul - 2003
In many African countries, governments are re-thinking the role of the state in centrally providing certain goods and services. The rights and responsibilities for providing various public goods are being decentralized to lower levels of government administration, and/or being devolved directly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446824
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Altruism and Egoism: Measurable by Utility Discount Rates?
Bayer, Stefan - 2000
Wir analysieren im Rahmen der neoklassischen Theorie die Rolle der Nutzendiskontierungsrate als Egoismus- bzw … intergenerationellen Gleichbehandlungspostulat des Utilitarismus Genüge getan. In der Altruismus-Modellierung ergibt sich das methodische … Problem der mehrfachen Berücksichtigung des selben Effektes. Altruismus ist um so stärker ausgeprägt, je geringer die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475365
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Green Giving: An Analysis of Contributions to Major U.S. Environmental Groups
Richer, Jerrell - 1995
factors that influence voluntary contributions. I examine the effects of organizational characteristics, such as fundraising … cost to the donor of achieving a one-dollar increase in the provision of program services. Resources devoted to fundraising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445425
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Microanalyses of Voting, Regulation and Higher Education
Meya, Johannes - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324349
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468385
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468423
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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." …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468460
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468484