T𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

The Theory of Externalities and Public Goods: The Lifework of Richard Cornes
Wolfgang Buchholz, Dirk Rübbelke
Pages 1-5
Efficiency in Contests Between Groups
Roger Hartley
Pages 7-27
Multiple-Aggregate Games
Alex Dickson
Pages 29-59
Strategic Coalition Formation in Global Public Good Provision
Wolfgang Buchholz, Michael Eichenseer
Pages 61-84
Evolution of Consistent Conjectures in Semi-aggregative Representation of Games, with Applications to Public Good Games and Contests
Alex Possajennikov
Pages 85-105
Mixed-Strategy Kant-Nash Equilibrium and Private Contributions to a Public Good
Ngo Van Long
Pages 107-126
Social Creation of Pro-social Preferences for Collective Action
Avinash Dixit, Simon Levin
Pages 127-143
Community Size and Public Goods in Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature
Simon Vicary
Pages 145-161
Decentralized Leadership
Emilson Caputo Delfino Silva
Pages 163-178
Debt Neutrality Without Altruism: Voluntary Contributions to Public Goods as ‘Operative Linkages’
Christian Haslbeck, Wolfgang Peters
Pages 179-196
Counterterrorism: A Public Goods Approach
Todd Sandler
Pages 197-218
Linguistic Assimilation and Ethno-religious Conflict
Indraneel Dasgupta
Pages 219-242
International Carbon Trade and National Taxes: Distributional Impacts of Double Regulation
Thomas Eichner, Rüdiger Pethig
Pages 243-269
Thinking Local but Acting Global? The Interplay Between Local and Global Internalization of Externalities
Karen Pittel, Dirk Rübbelke
Pages 271-297
Showdown in Schönau: A Contest Case Study
Bouwe R. Dijkstra, Patrick R. Graichen
Pages 299-326

This state-of-the art collection of papers analyses various aspects of the theory of externalities and public goods. The contributions employ new analytical techniques like the aggregative game approach, and discuss the philosophical underpinnings of the theory. Furthermore, they highlight a range of topical empirical applications including climate policy and counterterrorism. This contributed volume was written in memory of Richard C. Cornes, a pioneer in the theory of externalities and public goods.