Laboratory experiments on the provision of public goods follow subjects over time as they interact in a small group. In every period subjects allocate a fixed endowment between a private good and a group good that yields a return to all group members. These experiments produce data sets that are...

This paper revisits the question of framing and the provision of public goods. It also addresses the question, is giving in Dictator Games an expression of altruism or an artefact of experimentation? What is unique about this paper is that we employ a real donationʺ lab experiment in a...