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Is dyads’ behaviour conditionally cooperative? Evidence from a public goods experiment

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  • Morone, Andrea
  • Temerario, Tiziana

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We analysed dyads strategies in one-shot public goods game. By means of a laboratory experiment, using a variant of the strategy-method we found that more than a third of the dyads are conditional cooperators, whereas 18% can be categorised as free riders.

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  • Morone, Andrea & Temerario, Tiziana, 2018. "Is dyads’ behaviour conditionally cooperative? Evidence from a public goods experiment," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 76-85.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceco:v:73:y:2018:i:c:p:76-85
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2018.02.001
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    Keywords

    Voluntary contributions; Conditional cooperation; Free riding; Strategy-method; Experiments;
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    JEL classification:

    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior

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