Excludable public goods: Pricing and social welfare maximization

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 103
Issue: 2
Pages: 72-74

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We compare two pricing strategies -- buffet pricing and usage pricing -- of excludable public goods for social welfare maximization. Buffet pricing is better than usage pricing for low consumer heterogeneity, while the opposite holds for high consumer heterogeneity.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:103:y:2009:i:2:p:72-74
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
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2026-01-24