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Economic incentives and social preferences : a preference-based Lucas critique of public policy
Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2009
counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266032
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A note on the design of experiments involving public goods
Graves, Philip E. - 2010
Concern about potential free riding in the provision of public goods has a long history. More recently, experimental economists have turned their attention to the conditions under which free riding would be expected to occur. A model of free riding is provided here which demonstrates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274945
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Asymmetric obligations
Riedel, Nadine; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2011
We use a laboratory experiment to investigate the behavioral effects of obligations that are not backed by binding … and asymmetric minimum contribution levels (obligations) in a repeated public goods experiment. The results provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274783
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The value of non-binding announcements in public goods experiments : some theory and experimental evidence
Berlemann, Michael; Dittrich, Marcus; Markwardt, Gunther - 2004
In this paper we present three simple theoretical models to explain the influence of the possibility to make non-binding announcements on investment behaviour in public goods settings. Our models build on the idea that voluntary contributions to the supply of a public good might be motivated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261099
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Do Norms on Contribution Behavior Affect Intrinsic Motivation? Field-Experimental Evidence from Germany
Boyer, Pierre C.; Dwenger, Nadja; Rincke, Johannes - 2016
This paper studies how imposing norms on contribution behavior affects individuals’ intrinsic motivation. We consider … legally a tax. We design a randomized field experiment with treatments informing individuals that the levy is a tax. We …, communicating the legal norm results in a significant crowd-out of intrinsic motivation. In contrast, strongly intrinsically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522498
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Playing with the good guys : a public good game with endogenous group formation
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn; Lind, Jo Thori; … - 2009
In public good games, voluntary contributions tend to start off high and decline as the game is repeated. If high contributors are matched, however, contributions tend to stay high. We propose a formalization predicting that high contributors will self-select into groups committed to charitable...
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Social welfare and coercion in public finance
Winer, Stanley L.; Tridimas, George; Hettich, Walter - 2008
This paper develops an expanded framework for social planning in which the existence of coercion is explicitly acknowledged. Key issues concern the precise definition of coercion for individuals and in the aggregate, its difference from redistribution, and its incorporation into normative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264505
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The interaction of legal and social norm enforcement
Kube, Sebastian; Traxler, Christian - 2010
Although legal sanctions are often non-deterrent, we frequently observe compliance with 'mild laws'. A possible explanation is that the incentives to comply are shaped not only by legal, but also by social sanctions. This paper employs a novel experimental approach to study the link between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270519
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Noncooperative support of public norm enforcement in large societies
Falkinger, Josef - 2004
In small groups norm enforcement is provided by mutual punishment and reward. In large societies we have enforcement institutions. This paper shows how such institutions can emerge as a decentralized equilibrium. In a first stage, individuals invest in a public enforcement technology. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261113
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Pocketbook Voting and Social Preferences in Referenda
Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2015
-interest, providing strong evidence for pocketbook voting. However, social preferences like altruism, public good considerations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500430