Two are better than one!: Individuals' contributions to "unpacked" public goods

We experimentally demonstrate how "unpacking" provides a possible approach for mitigating the dilemma of public goods provision through private contributions. Subjects' total contributions increase when a single public good is split into two identical public goods.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Bernasconi, Michele ; Corazzini, Luca ; Kube, Sebastian ; Maréchal, Michel André
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 104.2009, 1, p. 31-33
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Public goods Voluntary contributions Unpacking effect Laboratory experiment

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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