Value orientations, expectations and voluntary contributions in public goods

Authors
Publication date 1996
Journal Economic Journal
Volume | Issue number 106 | 437
Pages (from-to) 817-845
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract An experimental analysis of voluntary, binary contributions for step-level public goods is presented. Independent information is obtained on individual value orientation and expectations about the behavior of other subjects using incentive compatible mechanisms. The effects of increasing payoffs for the public good and of decreasing groupsize are investigated. Attention is focused on the determination of expectations, the use of expectations when deciding on behavior, and differences in expectations and behavior between individuals with different value orientations.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.2307/2235360
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