When In Rome: Conformity and the Provision of Public Goods
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- Carpenter, Jeffrey P., 2004. "When in Rome: conformity and the provision of public goods," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 33(4), pages 395-408, September.
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Keywords
conformity; public good; social dilemma; experiment; replicator dynamic;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2002-07-21 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-EXP-2002-07-21 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2002-07-22 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2002-07-21 (Public Economics)
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