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Table 8 Coordination problem under information asymmetry

From: Devolution and grant-in-aid design for the provision of impure public goods

CG

LG

\(\Delta\)-subsidy

\(\Delta\)-quantity

\(\Delta\)-welfare

Ex-post mean welfare loss

FC

FC

\({\varvec{\theta }} {\varvec{k}}({\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{j}}}-{\varvec{z}}_{-{\varvec{j}}})\)

\(0\)

\(\frac{{\varvec{k}}^{{\varvec{2}}}{\varvec{\theta }}}{{\varvec{2}} {\varvec{\beta }}}({\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{1}}}-{\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{2}}})^{{\varvec{2}}}\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{3\beta }\left( z_{1}^{2}+z_{2}^{2}-z_{1}z_{2}\right)\)

PC

\(\theta kz_{-j}\)

\(\frac{k}{\beta }\frac{z_{1}+z_{2}}{2}\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{4\beta }\left( z_{1}^{2}+z_{2}^{2}\right)\)

FR

\(\theta kz_{-j}\)

\(\frac{k}{\beta }\frac{z_{1}+z_{2}}{2}\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{4\beta }\left( z_{1}^{2}+z_{2}^{2}\right)\)

PC

FC

\(\theta k(z_{j}-z_{-j})\)

0

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{2\beta }(z_{1}-z_{2})^{2}\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{\beta }\left( \begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{3}\left( z_{1}^{2}+z_{2}^{2}-z_{1}z_{2}\right) \\ +\,z\left[ \frac{5}{6}z-\frac{1}{2}(z_{1}+z_{2})\right] \end{array}\right)\)

PC

\({\varvec{\theta }} {\varvec{k(z}}_{-{\varvec{j}}} -{\varvec{z}})\)

\(\frac{{\varvec{k}}}{{\varvec{\beta }}} \left( \frac{{\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{1}}} +{\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{2}}}}{{\varvec{2}}}-{\varvec{z}}\right)\)

\(\frac{{\varvec{k}}^{{\varvec{2}}}{\varvec{\theta }}}{{\varvec{2\beta }}} \left[ \frac{({\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{1}}}-{\varvec{z}})^{{\varvec{2}}}}{{\varvec{2}}}+\frac{({\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{2}}}-{\varvec{z}})^{{\varvec{2}}}}{{\varvec{2}}} \right]\)

FR

\(\theta k(z_{-j}-2z)\)

\(\frac{k}{\beta }\left( \frac{z_{1}+z_{2}}{2}-2z\right)\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{2\beta }\left[ \frac{(z_{1}-2z)^{2}}{2}+\frac{(z_{2}-2z)^{2}}{2}\right]\)

FR

FC

\(\theta k(z_{j}-z_{-j})\)

0

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{2\beta }(z_{2}-z_{1})^{2}\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{\beta }\left( \begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{3}\left( z_{1}^{2}+z_{2}^{2}-z_{1}z_{2}\right) \\ +\,\frac{1}{4}z\left[ \frac{5}{6}z-(z_{1}+z_{2})\right] \end{array}\right)\)

PC

\(\theta k(z_{-j}-\frac{z}{2})\)

\(\frac{k}{\beta }\frac{z_{1}+z_{2}-z}{2}\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{4\beta }\left[ \frac{(2z_{1}-z)^{2}}{4}+\frac{(2z_{2}-z)^{2}}{4}\right]\)

FR

\({\varvec{\theta }} {\varvec{k}}({\varvec{z}}_{-{\varvec{j}}} -{\varvec{z}})\)

\(\frac{{\varvec{k}}}{{\varvec{\beta }}} \left( \frac{{\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{1}}}+{\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{2}}}}{{\varvec{2}}}-{\varvec{z}}\right)\)

\(\frac{{\varvec{k}}^{{\varvec{2}}}{\varvec{\theta }}}{{\varvec{2}}{\varvec{\beta }}} \left[ \frac{({\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{1}}}-{\varvec{z}})^{{\varvec{2}}}}{{\varvec{2}}}+\frac{({\varvec{z}}_{{\varvec{2}}}-{\varvec{z}})^{{\varvec{2}}}}{{\varvec{2}}}\right]\)

Equi

FC

\(\theta k(z_{j}-z_{-j})\)

0

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{2\beta }(z_{1}-z_{2})^{2}\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{\beta }\left( \begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{3}\left( z_{1}^{2}+z_{2}^{2}-z_{1}z_{2}\right) \\ +\,\frac{3}{10}z\left[ z-(z_{1}+z_{2})\right] \end{array}\right)\)

PC

\(\theta k\left( z_{-j}-\frac{3}{5}z\right)\)

\(\frac{k}{\beta }\left( \frac{z_{1}+z_{2}}{2}-\frac{3}{5}z\right)\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{4\beta }\left[ \left( z_{1}-\frac{3}{5}z\right) ^{2}+\left( z_{2}-\frac{3}{5}z\right) ^{2}\right]\)

FR

\(\theta k\left( z_{-j}-\frac{6}{5}z\right)\)

\(\frac{k}{\beta }\left( \frac{z_{1}+z_{2}}{2}-\frac{6}{5}z\right)\)

\(\frac{k^{2}\theta }{4\beta }\left[ \left( z_{1}-\frac{6}{5}z\right) ^{2}+\left( z_{2}-\frac{6}{5}z\right) ^{2}\right]\)