coalition to provide the good. Contrary a core theoretical result, we find that coalition size increases when the public good … coalitions to provide public goods. Theory is ambiguous on the equilibrium coalition size and contribution rates. We examine the … emergence of coalitions, their size, and how uncertainty in public goods provision affects contribution levels and coalition …

We study the formation of a ruling coalition in political environments. Each individual is endowed with a level of … political power. The ruling coalition consists of a subset of the individuals in the society and decides the distribution of … resources. A ruling coalition needs to contain enough powerful members to win against any alternative coalition that may …

coalitions in different institutions and compares those to a voluntary contribution mechanism. The experiment confirms the rather … pessimistic conclusions from the theory: only few players form a coalition when the institution prescribes the full …, both along the extensive and intensive margin when coalition members can each suggest a minimum contribution level with the …

substitutability. We conduct the first field experiment directly manipulating individuals' beliefs about others' protest participation …

We conducted a laboratory experiment to test the comparative statics predictions of a new approach to collective action … increases. The experiment also points to new avenues for refining the theory. We find that, as the payoff of a successful …

. We conduct a laboratory experiment in 40 Indian villages, with 960 non-anonymized subjects, where we have social network …