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To Give or Not to Give : The Price of Contributing and the Provision of Public Goods

Diederich, Johannes - 2013

We examine the relationship between the price of giving and the decision to contribute in a framed field experiment (n …

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Voluntary Public Goods Provision, Coalition Formation, and Uncertainty

Burger, Nick - 2009

The literature on voluntary provision of public goods includes recent theoretical work on the formation of voluntary coalitions to provide public goods. Theory is ambiguous on the equilibrium coalition size and contribution rates. We examine the emergence of coalitions, their size, and how...

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Gun for Hire : Does Delegated Enforcement Crowd Out Peer Punishment in Giving to Public Goods?

Andreoni, James - 2011

This paper compares two methods to encourage socially optimal provision of a public good. We compare the efficacy of vigilante justice, as represented by peer-to-peer punishment, to delegated policing, as represented by the "hired gun" mechanism, to deter free riding and improve group welfare....

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Compassion or Cash : Evaluating Survey Response Incentives and Valuing Public Goods

Smith, V. Kerry - 2015

This paper reports the results of an experiment evaluating the effects of incentives on individuals' willingness to … participate in a survey. By pairing the assessment with a natural field experiment, the analysis considers private versus public …

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Collective Choice in Dynamic Public Good Provision

Bowen, T. Renee - 2016

Two heterogeneous agents contribute over time to a joint project, and collectively decide its scope. A larger scope requires greater cumulative effort and delivers higher benefits upon completion. We show that the efficient agent prefers a smaller scope, and preferences are time-inconsistent: as...

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How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods?

Karlan, Dean S. - 2012

We conducted a fundraising experiment with an international development nonprofit organization in which a matching … fundraising experiments as well as a survey experiment, we argue this is consistent with a quality signal mechanism. Alternative … provide guidance to organizations and large donors on how to overcome information asymmetries hindering fundraising …

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Diversity and Crowd-Out : A Theory of Cold-Glow Giving

Hungerman, Daniel M. - 2007

Research has repeatedly shown that altruism is lower in diverse communities. Can this phenomenon be counteracted by government intervention? To answer this question, this paper introduces diversity to the canonical model of quot;warm glowquot; giving. Diversity may have two effects on...

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An Economic Approach to Alleviate the Crises of Confidence in Science : with an Application to the Public Goods Game

Butera, Luigi - 2017

begin by reporting results from an experiment in which we investigate how cooperation in allocation games is affected by the …

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The Political Economy of Public Debt : A Laboratory Study

Battaglini, Marco - 2016

This paper reports the results from a laboratory experiment designed to study political distortions in the accumulation …

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Collective Choice and Voluntary Provision of Public Goods

Epple, Dennis - 2018

Some public goods are provided entirely with private contributions, others with a mixture of public and private funding, and still others are entirely publicly funded. To explain this variation, a model of dual provision is developed that endogenizes public and private funding. Members of the...

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