Club good

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Types of goods according to excludability and rivalry
Degree of rivalry
= 0
Degree of rivalry
= 1
Degree of exclusion
= 0
public good
(e.g. dyke)
Common good
(e.g. overcrowded inner city street)
Degree of Exclusion
= 1
Club good
(e.g. pay TV)
Private goods
(e.g. ice cream)

As a club good , club good or Mautgut are goods refer to operations where excludability in consumption or the use is possible and no or only a slight rivalry exists in consumption.

Examples of club goods are gyms or golf clubs . In principle, exclusion for non-members is possible here. Usually there is no rivalry here because these goods can be used by several consumers at the same time. However, when the number of members increases, rivalries in consumption can arise in such clubs due to capacity limits.

Even pay-TV is an example of club goods.

Individual evidence

  1. Federalism from the point of view of the economic theory of the club  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de