Matching as a cure for underprovision of voluntary public good supply

Buchholz, WolfgangCornes, RichardRubbelke, Dirk2015-12-130165-1765http://hdl.handle.net/1885/71037Matching mechanisms are widely regarded as providing a promising way to cure the public good underprovision problem, but the Pareto optimal interior matching equilibrium emerges only under very special conditions. However, we show that public good underprovision is normally avoided.Keywords: Matching; Pareto optimality; Public goodsMatching as a cure for underprovision of voluntary public good supply201210.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.0952016-02-24