Conformity and reciprocity in public good provision
Bardsley, Nicholas and Sausgrueber, Rupert (2005) Conformity and reciprocity in public good provision. Journal of Economic Psychology, 26, (5), 664-681. (doi:10.1016/j.joep.2005.02.001).
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Description/Abstract
People contribute more to experimental public goods the more others contribute, a tendency called “crowding-in.” We propose a novel experimental design to distinguish two possible causes of crowding-in: reciprocity, the usual explanation, and conformity, a neglected alternative. Subjects are given the opportunity to react to contributions of a payoff-irrelevant group, in addition to their own group. We find evidence of conformity, accounting for roughly 1/3 of crowding-in.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0167-4870 (print) |
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| Keywords: | conformity, reciprocity, ublic good experiment |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences |
| Item ID: | 35305 |
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 06:43 |
| Contributors: | Bardsley, Nicholas (Author) Sausgrueber, Rupert (Author) |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | nicholas.bardsley@nottingham.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/35305 |
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