alternative aggregation tech for pure public goods

Question 1

summation: public good levels must equal the sum of individual contributors

Answer 1

i.e. curbing global warming, reducing lake pollution CHICKEN (if b-c

Question 2

weakest link: only smallest effort determines the public good level

Answer 2

i.e. limiting terrorist funding, tracking diffusion of a disease, ASSURANCE, matching behavior with optimal results if agents possess identical tastes and income

Question 3

weaker link: provision levels above the minimum add progressively less to the overall level of the public good

Answer 3

eliminating pests, educating the public about disease transmission VARIANTS OF ASSURANCE outcomes in addition to matching behavior. Some undersupply is anticipated in many cases

Question 4

Threshold: good must surpass the threshold for benefits to be received

Answer 4

peacekeeping, fire suppression ASSURANCE, threshold often reached and outcome may be near to optimal

Question 5

Best shot: only the largest effort determines the public good level

Answer 5

discovering cures for diseases, infiltrating a criminal network COORDINATION, results may give efficient outcomes, esp, when leader nation w/ sufficient resources exists

Question 6

Better shot: effort below the largest adds progressively less to public good level

Answer 6

polio vaccine, developing treatment regimes VARIANTS OF COORDINATION, undersupplied or efficiently supplied

Question 7

weighted sum: each contribution can have a different additive impact

Answer 7

reducing acid rain, monitoring the planet from dif. vantage points. WIDE VARIETY OF GAME FORMS wide var. of outcome poss. suboptimality less of a concern.