In the experiments, subjects were split in two groups of 6 individuals, named yellow and blue. Each subject had to decide whether or not to buy a token. The price of a token (i.e., the cost of participation) was common knowledge and equal for everyone. The number of tokens bought in each group...

This chapter discusses the cooperation in voluntary contributions mechanism (VCM) experiments. The chapter presents various experiments using a new method for collecting data from voluntary contributions mechanism environments. The main virtue of the design is that it makes it possible to...

The step-level public good game differs strategically from the linear public good game. In the one-shot linear public good game the dominant strategy is not to contribute. In the one-shot step-level public good game multiple Nash equilibria exist. An inefficient Nash equilibrium involves nobody...