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Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha; Cabrales, Antonio - 2020

We consider a model where agents differ in their `types' which determines their voluntary contribution towards a public good. We analyze what the equilibrium composition of groups are under centralized and centralized choice. We show that there exists a top-down sorting equilibrium i.e. an...

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Green goods: are they good or bad news for the environment? Evidence from a laboratory experiment on impure public goods

Munro, Alistair; Valente, Marieta - 2008

An impure public good is a commodity that combines public and private characteristics in fixed proportions. Green goods such as dolphin-friendly tuna or green electricity programs provide increasings popular examples of impure goods. We design an experiment to test how the presence of impure...

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Why do parents socialize their children to behave pro-socially? An information-based theory

Adriani, Fabrizio; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2009

We present a model of intergenerational transmission of pro-social values in which parents have information about relevant characteristics of society that is not directly available to their children. Differently from existing models of cultural transmission of values (such as Bisin and Verdier,...

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Mixed Feelings: Theories of and Evidence on Giving

Konow, James - 2009

distinguishes warm glow from impure altruism and rules out the former as the sole motive for giving. Very generous donations to … approaches, unconditional altruism and social preference theories, that to date have mostly evolved independently. A critical … feature of this model is the social norm, and the results of the experiments corroborate the theory in the context of two …

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Public Spending and Volunteering: "The Big Society", Crowding Out, and Volunteering Capital.

Bartels, Koen; Cozzi, Guido; Mantovan, Noemi - 2011

The current British Government's "Big Society" plan is based on the idea that granting more freedom to local communities and volunteers will compensate for a withdrawal of public agencies and spending. This idea is grounded on a widely held belief about the relationship between government and...

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How does Altruism Enlarge a Climate Coalition?

Lin, Yu-Hsuan - 2018

theory suggests that strong altruism would lead non-critical players to join a coalition. The experimental evidence supports …

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Reciprocity Reciprocity in Climate Coalition Formationin Climate Coalition Formation

Lin, Yu-Hsuan - 2018

could be enlarged by the participation of altruists. However, we found that a kind participant in the altruism test could … behave unkindly to others in the public good game. Considering attitudes against reciprocal altruism, when participants …

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