Can experimental measures of sensitivity to social pressure predict public good contribution?

Public good contribution in experiments may at least partially be driven by the social demand to contribute that is implicit in them. We consider a questionnaire measure and build a behavioural measure of sensitivity to social pressure based on paired dictator and money burning games; we find that the two are related. The evidence for social demand effects on public good contribution is mixed.

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Year of publication:	2010-02-01
Authors:	Zizzo, Daniel John ; Fleming, Piers
Institutions:	School of Economics, University of East Anglia
Subject:	social pressure \| experimenter demand effects \| public good contribution \| dictator games \| money burning

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS).
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series CBESS Discussion Papers, University of East Anglia Number 10-03
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; D03 - Behavioral Economics; Underlying Principles ; D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; D21 - Firm Behavior ; L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure Size; Size Distribution of Firms
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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