An experimental investigation of endowment source heterogeneity in two-person public good games

被引：27

作者：

Spraggon, John ^{[1
]}

Oxoby, Robert J. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Resource Econ, Amherst, MA 01003 USA

[2] Univ Calgary, Dept Econ, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2009年 / 104卷 / 02期

关键词：

Public goods; Found money; Heterogeneity; Experiments; VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS; COOPERATION; IMPACT; ORIGIN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2009.04.012

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We find an "inverse found money effect" in two-person public good experiments in which individuals earning their endowments contribute more and engage in "altruistic conditional cooperation" when they are matched with those whose endowment is provided by the experimenters. Published by Elsevier B.V.

引用

页码：102 / 105

页数：4

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