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Free Riding on Altruism and Group Size

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Jean Hindriks (Queen Mary, University of London)
Romans Pancs (Queen Mary, University of London)

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It is shown that altruism does not affect the equilibrium provision of public goods although altruism takes the form of unconditional commitment to contribute. The reason is that altruistic contributions completely crowd out selfish contributions. That is, egoists free ride on altruism. It is also shown that public goods are less likely to be provided in larger groups.

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Paper provided by Queen Mary, University of London, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 436.

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Keywords: Free Riding Public good Altruism

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D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism
H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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