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Conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion

Cubitt, Robin P.; Gächter, Simon; Quercia, Simone - 2015

We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods game to classify subjects by type of contribution preference and by belief about the contributions of others; and we measure betrayal aversion for different categories of subject....

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Cooperation in small groups : the effect of group size

Nosenzo, Daniele; Quercia, Simone; Sefton, Martin - 2013 - Revised version of 2012-17, This version: 29 July 2013

We study the effect of group size on cooperation in voluntary contribution mechanism games. As in previous experiments, we study four- and eight-person groups in high and low marginal per capita return (MPCR) conditions. We find a positive effect of group size in the low MPCR condition, as in...

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Endogenous move structure and voluntary provision of public goods : theory and experiments

Nosenzo, Daniele; Sefton, Martin; Possajennikov, Alexandre - 2009

In this paper we examine voluntary contributions to a public good when the timing of contributions is endogenously determined by contributors, focusing on the simple quasi-linear setting with two players (Varian, 1994). We show that the move order that is predicted to emerge is sensitive to how...

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Endogenous move structure and voluntary provision of public goods : theory and experiment

Nosenzo, Daniele; Sefton, Martin - 2010

In this paper we examine voluntary contributions to a public good, embedding Varian (1994)'s voluntary contribution game in extended games that allow players to choose the timing of their contributions. We show that predicted outcomes are sensitive to the structure of the extended game, and also...

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Promoting cooperation : the distribution of reward and punishment power

Nosenzo, Daniele; Sefton, Martin - 2012

Recent work in experimental economics on the effectiveness of rewards and punishments for promoting cooperation mainly examines decentralized incentive systems where all group members can reward and/or punish one another. Many self-organizing groups and societies, however, concentrate the power...

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Participatory accountability and collective action : experimental evidence from Albania

Barr, Abigail; Packard, Truman; Serra, Danila - 2013

It has been argued that accountability is a public good that only citizens can provide. Governments can put institutions in place that allow citizens to hold public servants to account, but citizens must participate in those institutions if accountability is to be achieved. Thus, citizens face a...

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Fundraising through competition : evidence from the lab

Orzen, Henrik - 2008

This paper investigates mechanisms for the private provision of a public good which utilize competition to incentivize … contributions. Theory predicts that 'all-pay' competition is particularly effective for fundraising. Within this class of mechanisms … different types of lotteries and all-pay auctions are analyzed and ranked. Four all-pay competition mechanisms are then examined …

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Cooperation in small groups : the effect of group size

Nosenzo, Daniele; Quercia, Simone; Sefton, Martin - 2012

Previous experiments have found a moderate, positive effect of group size on cooperation in voluntary contribution mechanism (VCM) games. This effect has been typically observed in experiments with groups of size 4 or more, and contrasts with results from n-person prisoner's dilemma and...

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Conditioning on what? : heterogeneous contributions and conditional cooperation

Hartig, Björn; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Kölle, Felix - 2014

We experimentally investigate how different information about others' individual contributions affects conditional cooperators' willingness to cooperate in a one-shot linear public goods game. We find that when information about individual contributions is provided, contributions are generally...

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Heterogeneous social preference and the dynamics of free riding in public goods

Fischbacher, Urs (contributor); Gächter, Simon (contributor) - 2006

We provide a direct test of the role of social preferences in voluntary cooperation. We elicit individuals’ cooperation preference in one experiment and make a point prediction about the contribution to a repeated public good. This allows for a novel test as to whether there are "types" of...

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