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Leading by example with and without exclusion power in voluntary contribution experiments Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Werner Güth ()
M. Vittoria Levati ()
Matthias Sutter
Eline van der Heijden
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We examine the effects of leading by example in voluntary contribution experiments. Leadership is implemented by letting one group member contribute to the public good before followers do. Such leadership increases contributions in comparison to the standard voluntary contribution mechanism, especially so when it goes along with authority in the form of granting the leader exclusion power. Whether leadership is fixed or rotating among group members has no significant influence on contributions. Only a minority of groups succeeds in endogenously installing a leader, even though groups with leaders are much more efficient than groups without a leader.
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Keywords: Voluntary contribution experiment ; leadership ; exclusion power ; endogenous selection ; Other versions of this item:
Article Guth, Werner & Levati, M. Vittoria & Sutter, Matthias & van der Heijden, Eline, 2007.
"Leading by example with and without exclusion power in voluntary contribution experiments ,"
Journal of Public Economics ,
Elsevier, vol. 91(5-6), pages 1023-1042, June.
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