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Conditional cooperation and voluntary contributions to a public good

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Ananish Chaudhuri () (University of Auckland)
Tirnud Paichayontvijit () (University of Auckland)

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Abstract

We explore facets of conditional cooperation in a public goods game. First, we replicate the Fischbacher, Gächter and Fehr (2001) result that the majority of subjects in public goods experiments are conditional cooperators. Next, given that the majority of subjects in our study are conditional cooperators, we look at what happens when subjects are given additional information about the presence of conditional cooperators in the group. We find that such information about the presence of conditional cooperators leads to an increase in contributions overall. However this increase in contributions is most pronounced for the conditional cooperators.

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Article provided by Economics Bulletin in its journal Economics Bulletin.

Volume (Year): 3 (2006)
Issue (Month): 8 ()
Pages: 1-14
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Keywords: Conditional Co-operation; Experiments; Public Good; Voluntary Contributions Mechanism;

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C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory

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  1. Coralio Ballester & Pablo Brañas-Garza & María Paz Espinosa, 2008. "Peer effects in public contributions: theory and experimental evidence," ThE Papers 08/04, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada.. [Downloadable!]
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