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Správanie spotrebiteľov pri obstarávaní skupinového statku
Consumer’s Behaviour at Providing of Collective Goods

Author(s): Vladimír Gazda, Tomáš Bačo, Lenka Horváthová
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Ekonomický ústav SAV a Prognostický ústav SAV
Keywords: experiment; effective providing; collective goods; utility

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on problem of collective goods effective providing. The most important problem in achieving the effectiveness is the “free rider problem“, which leads to restraint of providing these goods. On the basis of experimental data, there is pointed out the possible failure of ambition to achieve an effective strategy for the whole group of consumers of the goods in question.

  • Issue Year: 56/2008
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 551-564
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak
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