This paper analyzes the effect of information generation and disclosure upon free riding and on the likelihood that cooperative efforts collapse in a public goods game. The model shows that the prospect of greater disclosure can make all individuals worse off ex ante by reducing expected...

We analyze the costs and benefits of using social image to foster virtuous behavior. A Principal seeks to motivate reputation-conscious agents to supply a public good. Each agent chooses how much to contribute based on his own mix of public-spiritedness, private signal about the value of the...