Cournot-Nash and Lindahl Equilibria in Pure Public Good Economies

Benyamin Shitovitz, Menahem Spiegel

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Abstract

In this paper, we derive qualitative and asymptotic results on Cournot-Nash and Lindahl equilibria in pure public good economies. In a discrete finite economy with similar consumers (e.g., sharing the same Cobb-Douglas utility), we show that the consumer with the biggest initial endowment prefers the proportional Lindahl over his Cournot-Nash bundle. The asymptotic results are derived using a model of a mixed economy with an atomless sector of consumers as an idealization for economies with few influential players and many very small consumers. Conditions which ensure that all consumers prefer the Pareto-efficient Lindahl allocation over the non-cooperative Cournot-Nash allocation were specified.Journal of Economic LiteratureClassification Numbers: C72, D50, D60, H41.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-18
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Economic Theory
Volume83
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics

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