Voluntary association in public goods experiments: Reciprocity, mimicry and efficiency

被引:176
作者
Page, T [1 ]
Putterman, L
Unel, B
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[1] Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912 USA
[2] Univ Texas, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01031.x
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
We find that a process of voluntary association where individuals express a preference about whom they want to be associated with can create strong incentives to increase efficiency and contributions in provision of a public good. This process of endogenous group formation perfectly sorted contributions by the order of group formation. Comparison of middle and last period behaviour suggests that a majority of the subject population are conditional cooperators, with a minority of monetary payoff maximisers. The experiment illustrates that under favourable conditions, where the opportunities of entry and exit are symmetrically balanced, a process of voluntary association can mitigate the free-rider problem.
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