Noncooperative household demand

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lechene, Valerie; Preston, Ian
• 署名单位: University of London; University College London; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0531
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2010.10.013
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 504-527
• 关键词: Nash equilibrium; Intra-household allocation; Slutsky symmetry

摘要

We study noncooperative household models with two agents and several voluntarily contributed public goods, deriving the counterpart to the Slutsky matrix and demonstrating the nature of the deviation of its properties from those of a true Slutsky matrix in the unitary model. We provide results characterising both cases in which there are and are not jointly contributed public goods. Demand properties are contrasted with those for collective models and conclusions drawn regarding the possibility of empirically testing the collective model against noncooperative alternatives and the noncooperative model against a general alternative. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.