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Interior collective optimum in a volontary contribution to a public-goods game : an experimental approach

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walid HICHRI (GREQAM)

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We run a public goods experiment with four different treatments. The payoff function is chosen such that the Nash equilibrium (NE) and the collective optimum (CO) are both in the interior of the strategy space. We test the effect of varying the level of the collective optimum on contributions. The results show that contributions increase with the level of the CO.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Experimental with number 0403004.

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Date of creation: 23 Mar 2004
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Keywords: Public goods; Experiments; interior solutions; social dilemma;

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