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Heterogeneous productivity in voluntary public good provision: An experimental analysis
Fellner, Gerlinde; Iida, Yoshio; Kröger, Sabine; Seki, … - 2011
vary. The experiment implements two marginal return types, low and high, and uses the information that members have about … the heterogeneity to identify the applied contribution norm. If agents are aware of the heterogeneity, contributions … aware of the heterogeneity but contributions cannot be linked to types. Our results underline the importance of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278412
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Facing Inflated Rules – Experimental Evidence from Threshold Public Goods Games
Grund, Christian; Monschau, Philipp - 2025
We study the role of purpose-based rules for behavior and outcomes in a threshold public good game. Rules can be sufficient or even inflated in terms of proposing a fulfilling behavior. We conduct a lab experiment to describe the implications caused by the inflation of a rule. Our study shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015466209
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Inequality, inequity aversion, and the provision of public goods
Kölle, Felix; Sliwka, Dirk; Zhou, Nannan - 2011
We investigate the effects of inequality in wealth on the incentives to contribute to a public good when agents are inequity averse and may differ in ability. We show that equality may lead to a reduction of public good provision below levels generated by purely selfish agents. But introducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278642
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Inequality, Inequity Aversion, and the Provision of Public Goods
Kölle, Felix; Sliwka, Dirk; Zhou, Nannan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We investigate the effects of inequality in wealth on the incentives to contribute to a public good when agents are inequity averse and may differ in ability. We show that equality may lead to a reduction of public good provision below levels generated by purely selfish agents. But introducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839287
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Norm Enforcement in Social Dilemmas: An Experiment with Police Commissioners
Dickinson, David; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2014
Do individuals trained in law enforcement punish or reward differently from typical student subjects? We analyze norm enforcement behavior of newly appointed police commissioners in both a Voluntary Contribution Mechanism game and a Common Pool Resource game. Our experimental design includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377262
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Norm enforcement: anger, indignation or reciprocity?
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2005
The enforcement of social norms often requires that unaffected third parties sanction offenders. Given the renewed … interest of economists in norms, the literature on third party punishment is surprisingly thin, however. In this paper, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267624
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Equality, equity and incentives: An experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kocher, Martin G.; Putterman, Louis; … - 2010
We devise a new experimental game by nesting a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a 2x2 design, subjects eithervote on or exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274671
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Equality, Equity and Incentives: An Experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kocher, Martin G.; Putterman, Louis; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We devise a new experimental game by nesting a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a 2x2 design, subjects either vote on or exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678697
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Norm Enforcement: Anger, Indignation or Reciprocity?
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The enforcement of social norms often requires that unaffected third parties sanction offenders. Given the renewed … interest of economists in norms, the literature on third party punishment is surprisingly thin, however. In this paper, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822220
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Norm Enforcement in Social Dilemmas: An Experiment with Police Commissioners
Dickinson, David L.; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Do individuals trained in law enforcement punish or reward differently from typical student subjects? We analyze norm enforcement behavior of newly appointed police commissioners in both a Voluntary Contribution Mechanism game and a Common Pool Resource game. Our experimental design includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083206