On Nash Equilibria in Participatory Budgeting with Donations and Beyond

摘要

This work proposes a framework for public decision processes with a monetary component, where voters can pledge donations to support preferred projects and influence the allocation of public funds. It captures a range of real-world scenarios, including participatory budgeting, blockchain-based funding platforms, charitable programs, and crowdfunding campaigns. Through both theoretical and experimental evaluation, our study addresses questions concerning the existence, structure, number, computation, and quality of Nash equilibria.