Pareto improvement through unilateral matching of public good contributions: The role of commitment

Buchholz, Wolfgang; Cornes, Richard; Peters, Wolfgang; Rubbelke, Dirk

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Pareto improvement through unilateral matching of public good contributions: The role of commitment

Date

2015

Authors

Buchholz, Wolfgang

Cornes, Richard

Peters, Wolfgang

Rubbelke, Dirk

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

When providing public goods through voluntary contributions, a donor may introduce unilateral matching in order to reduce underprovision of the public good and thus inefficiency. By itself, however, matching benefits the donor but harms the recipient. We