Showing 1 - 10 of 258
Interrelated global crises - climate change, pandemics, loss of ecosystem services and biodiversity - pose risks that demand collective solutions. Uncertainty about others' behavior, coupled with the dependence on some to take collective efforts to mitigate risks for all (e.g. conservation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015271363
The provision of public goods often benefits a larger group than those who actively provide the public good. In an experimental setting, this paper addresses institutional arrangements between subjects who can provide a public good (insiders) and subjects who benefit from the public good but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480417
This study presents experimental evidence on the effectiveness of alternative institutional arrangements designed to allow providers of public good services to be subsidized by non-providers. The decision setting is a repeated linear public good game with two groups, insiders and outsiders....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012237201
We present experimental evidence for decision settings where public good providers compete for endogenous donations offered by outside donors. Donors receive benefits from public good provision but cannot provide the good themselves. The performance of three competition mechanisms is examined in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650205
This paper investigates whether distributional conflicts become more likely when groups are involved in the fight. We present results from a laboratory experiment in which two parties can appropriate resources via a contest or, alternatively, take an outside option. Keeping monetary gains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014390274
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008655397
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008655400
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008655401
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008655404
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008655973