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Individual and developmental differences in the relationship of preferences and theory of mind

Leipold, Kristina; Vetter, Nora C.; Dittrich, Marcus; … - 2012

Theory of mind and individual preferences are important determinants in social decision making. The current study … examined in a large sample whether being a cooperative preference type is related with better theory of mind skills …. Furthermore, by testing adolescents and adults, we examined the impact of age on this relation. Theory of mind is measured in a …

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Growing groups, cooperation, and the rate of entry

Ranehill, Eva; Schneider, Frédéric; Weber, Roberto A. - 2014

We study the stability of voluntary cooperation in response to varying rates at which a group grows. Using a laboratory public-good game with voluntary contributions and economies of scale, we construct a situation in which expanding a group's size yields potential efficiency gains, but only if...

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The team allocator game : allocation power in public goods games

Karakostas, Alexandros; Kocher, Martin; Matzat, Dominik; … - 2021

We analyze linear, weakest-link and best-shot public goods games in which a distinguished team member, the team allocator, has property rights over the benefits from the public good and can distribute them among team members. These team allocator games are intended to capture natural asymmetries...

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The logic of collective action revisited

Weimann, Joachim; Brosig-Koch, Jeannette; Heinrich, Timo; … - 2018

Since Mancur Olson's "Logic of collective action" it is common conviction in social sciences that in large groups the prospects of a successful organization of collective actions are rather bad. Following Olson's logic, the impact of an individual's costly contribution becomes smaller if the...

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Pricing group membership

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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Illusion of control and the pursuit of authority

Sloof, Randolph; Siemens, Ferdinand von - 2014

In a laboratory experiment, we measure subjects' willingness to pay for a transparently useless decision right … likelihood of receiving her preferred task if she rather than another participant makes the decision. Participants pay more to … keep control if they - irrationally - believe that they can increase the probability of getting their preferred task by …

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On the legitimacy of coercion for the financing of public goods

Bierbrauer, Felix - 2009

The literature on public goods has shown that efficient outcomes are impossible if participation constraints have to be respected. This paper addresses the question whether they should be imposed. It asks under what conditions efficiency considerations justify that individuals are forced to pay...

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One-sided private provision of public goods with implicit Lindahl pricing

Meier, Volker - 2010

decision by making an unconditional transfer. An efficient allocation requires the Lindahl property: the sum of the two …

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Proprietary public finance : on its emergence and evolution out of anarchy

Skaperdas, Stergios - 2011

Proprietary rule, whereby the state is owned by a ruler who maximizes tax revenues minus the costs of governing, is a useful ideal type that describes many of the states that have ever existed. The study of proprietary rule and its public finance, however, is comparatively scarce. I argue that...

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Exit and voice : yardstick versus fiscal competition across governments

Bordignon, Massimo (contributor) - 2007

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