Decisions on extending group membership : evidence from a public good experiment

Christian Grund, Christine Harbring, Kirsten Thommes and Katja Rebecca Tilkes

We experimentally compare the consequences for group cooperation of two decision mechanisms involving the extension of group membership. We analyze an exogenous decision (random draw) and an endogenous decision (made by a particular group member) mechanism to extend a temporary agent's group membership. Our results reveal that the prospect of group membership extension affects not only the temporary but also the permanent group members' contributions with an endogenous mechanism.

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Year of publication:	2020
Authors:	Grund, Christian ; Harbring, Christine ; Thommes, Kirsten ; Tilkes, Katja Rebecca
Published in:	Games. - Basel : MDPI, ISSN 2073-4336, ZDB-ID 2527220-2. - Vol. 11.2020, 4/61, p. 1-27
Subject:	cooperation \| experiment \| group membership \| public good game \| Experiment \| Öffentliche Güter \| Public goods \| Gruppenentscheidung \| Group decision-making \| Kooperation \| Cooperation \| Nichtkooperatives Spiel \| Noncooperative game \| Mitgliedschaft \| Membership \| Kollektives Handeln \| Collective action \| Trittbrettfahrerverhalten \| Free rider problem \| Kooperatives Spiel \| Cooperative game \| Spieltheorie \| Game theory

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.3390/g11040061 [DOI] hdl:10419/257479 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10012432443