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Non-verbal feedback, strategic signaling and non-monetary sanctioning: new experimental evidence from a public goods game

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Several experiments show that feedback transmission mechanisms mitigate opportunistic behavior in social dilemmas. The source of this effect, especially in a repeated interaction, nonetheless remains obscure. This study provides a novel empirical testbed for channels by which feedback may affect behavior in a repeated public goods game. One is related to strategic signaling. The other involves aversion to others' expressed disapproval. The presence of feedback is found to foster pro-social behavior. The data favour the non-monetary sanctioning explanation rather than the signaling hypothesis.
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  • Adam Zylbersztejn, 2015. "Non-verbal feedback, strategic signaling and non-monetary sanctioning: new experimental evidence from a public goods game," Post-Print halshs-01184422, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01184422
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    Keywords

    Public goods game; Non-monetary sanctioning; Signaling; Feedback; Voluntary Contribution Mechanism;

    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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