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Playing with the Good Guys: A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation

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Forfattere:

Brekke, Kjell Arne, Karen E. Hauge, Jo Thori Lind og Karine Nyborg

År:

2009

Referanse:

Memorandum
Nummer i serie: 8

Sammendrag (engelsk)

In public good games, voluntary contributions tend to start o high and decline as the game is repeated. If high contributors are matched, however, contributions tend to stay high. We propose a formalization predicting that high contributors will selfselect into groups committed to charitable giving. Testing this experimentally, we let subjects choose between two group types, where one type donate a xed amount to a charity. Contributions in these groups stayed high, whereas contributions in the other groups showed the well known declining pattern. One implication is that corporate social responsibility may attract more responsible employees.

Nøkkelord:

Altruism; conditional cooperation; self-selection

JEL:

D11, D12, D64, H41

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Oppdragsgiver: Norges forskningsråd
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Frisch prosjekt: 3134 - Self-image and sustainability