A note on Lindahl equilibria and incentive comparatibility

We show that if there are Constant Returns to Scale in the production of the public good a) Any Lindahl equilibrium (L.E) is a Nash equilibrium (N.E.) in a price-setting game, b) not all N.E. are L.E., but just those for which the production of the public good is positive and c) the set of L.E. and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Corchón, Luis C.
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:1988
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/63872
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/63872
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lindahl equilibria
Nash equilibrium
Macroeconomía
Teorías económicas
5307.14 Teoría Macroeconómica
5307 Teoría Económica
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Sumario:We show that if there are Constant Returns to Scale in the production of the public good a) Any Lindahl equilibrium (L.E) is a Nash equilibrium (N.E.) in a price-setting game, b) not all N.E. are L.E., but just those for which the production of the public good is positive and c) the set of L.E. and Strong Equilibria coincide. However if the supply function is continuously differentiable, L.E. is never a N.E. We end the paper with some general comments about the nature of the incentive problem.