An Experimental Study of the Effect of Announcements on Public Goods Contributions

We include probabilistic announcements in a standard public goods experiment. Although the possibility of having decisions announced encourages subjects to contribute more to the group account, learning that some individuals are free-riding more than the average has a negative effect.

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Year of publication:	2009-02-02
Authors:	Anderson, Lisa R. ; Stafford, Sarah L.
Institutions:	Department of Economics, College of William & Mary
Subject:	Voluntary Contributions Mechanism \| Public Goods \| Announcement

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 82 10 pages
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; H41 - Public Goods
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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