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When social norms and self-image conflict : a public good experiment with social comparison feedback

Kandul, Serhiy; Lanz, Bruno - 2018 - This version: August 2018

Social comparison feedback, i.e. informing people about the behavior of others, has been shown to influence prosocial behavior in many domains, including tax compliance and energy conservation. We argue that heterogeneity in people's (un)willingness to consult the corresponding information...

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Public statements of good conduct promote pro-social behavior

Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; Page, Lionel; Dulleck, Uwe - 2018

goods experiment. Using a 'between-within subjects design' we identify three channels by which non-enforceable statements of …-oriented participants are more likely in the experiment to make a public statement. Second, in a commitment effect, participants who make a … statements of good conduct are in our experiment more effective over time. …

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Delegation and coordination with multiple threshold public goods : experimental evidence

Corazzini, Luca; Cotton, Christopher; Reggiani, Tommaso - 2019 - Current version: February 2, 2019

When multiple charities, social programs and community projects simultaneously vie for funding, donors risk miscoordinating their contributions leading to an inefficient distribution of funding across projects. Community chests and other intermediary organizations facilitate coordination among...

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Delegation and coordination with multiple threshold public goods : experimental evidence

Corazzini, Luca; Cotton, Christopher; Reggiani, Tommaso - 2019

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Gender differences in the development of other-regarding preferences

John, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2017

We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other-regarding preferences between boys and girls aged 10 to 17. The results indicate a higher mean of dictator giving, degree of egalitarian decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions,...

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Democracy and compliance in public goods games

Gallier, Carlo - 2017

I investigate if, how, and why the effect of a contribution rule in a public goods game depends on how it is implemented: endogenously chosen or externally imposed. The rule prescribes full contributions to the public good backed by a nondeterrent sanction for those who do not comply. My...

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Public-goods games with endogenous institution-formation : experimental evidence on the effect of the voting rule

Funaki, Yukihiko; Li, Jiawen; Veszteg, Róbert F. - In: Games 8 (2017) 4, pp. 1-22

We report experimental results on voluntary contributions to public-goods provision from situations in which parties can create institutions to impose a certain contribution level on its members. We focus on a public-goods game where the joint decisions inside the institution are made based on...

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Identification of individuals and groups in a public goods experiment

Christens, Sven; Dannenberg, Astrid; Sachs, Florian - 2017

Revealing the identities of contributors has been shown to increase cooperation in public goods games. In this paper we experimentally investigate whether this finding holds true when decisions are made by groups rather than individuals. We distinguish between groups in which members can discuss...

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Deviant or wrong? : the effects of norm information on the efficacy of punishment

Bicchieri, Cristina; Dimant, Eugen; Xiao, Erte - 2017 - This version: November 13, 2017

a penalty and excuse their selfish behavior. We address the question of punishment legitimacy in our experiment by …

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Endogenous institution formation in public good games: the effect of economic education

Altemeyer-Bartscher, Martin; Bershadskyy, Dmitri; … - 2017

In a public good experiment, the paper analyses to which extent individuals with economic education behave differently … that help to overcome a public good problem (first-order dilemma). The specific institution used in the experiment is a …

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