ECKEL, CATHERINE C.; FATAS, ENRIQUE; WILSON, RICK - In: Journal of Public Economic Theory 12 (2010) 4, pp. 737-762
We report the results of experiments designed to test the effect of social status on contributions to a public good, with and without punishment. The experiments are conducted in four-person groups in a "star" network, where one central player observes and is observed by the others. This imposes...