Equilibrium existence and uniqueness in impure public good models
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چکیده
Despite widespread application of the impure public good model, surprisingly little attention has been given to the model's equilibrium properties. This paper presents a proof that clearly shows sufficient conditions for existence and uniqueness of a Nash equilibrium. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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