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Theodore C. Bergstrom
Researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara
Publications - 173
Citations - 12326
Theodore C. Bergstrom is an academic researcher from University of California, Santa Barbara. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public good & Population. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 172 publications receiving 11807 citations. Previous affiliations of Theodore C. Bergstrom include University of Washington & Center for Economic Studies.
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On the private provision of public goods
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider a general model of non-cooperative provision of a public good and show that there is always a unique Nash equilibrium in the model and characterize the properties and the comparative statics of the equilibrium.
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Log-concave probability and its applications
TL;DR: In this article, a series of theorems relating log-concavity and/or logconvexity of probability density functions, distribution functions, reliability functions, and their integrals are presented.
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Private Demands for Public Goods
TL;DR: Bergstrom et al. as mentioned in this paper developed a method for using data for a large cross-section of municipalities relating expenditures on specific local public goods, median income, median house value, total assessed valuation, and population to estimate demand functions for local public good.
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A Fresh Look at the Rotten Kid Theorem--and Other Household Mysteries
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the Rotten Kid theorem is not true without assuming transferable utility, and they find a simple condition on utility functions that is necessary and sufficient for there to be the kind of transferable utilities needed for a Rotten-Kid theorem.