Arbeitspapier
Enforcement of contribution norms in public good games with heterogeneous populations
Economic and social interaction takes place between individuals with heterogeneous characteristics. We investigate experimentally the emergence and informal enforcement of different contribution norms to a public good in homogeneous and different heterogeneous groups. When punishment is not allowed all groups converge towards free-riding. With punishment, contributions increase and differ distinctly across groups and individuals with different induced characteristics. We show econometrically that these differences are not accidental but enforced by punishment. The enforced contribution norms are related to fairness ideas of equity regarding contribution possibilities but not regarding earnings. Individuals with different characteristics tacitly agree on the norm to be enforced, even if this leads to large payoff differences. Our results also emphasize the role of details of the environment that may alter focal contribution norms in an important way.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4303
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Public Goods
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
- Thema
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Public good
heterogeneous groups
punishment
cooperation
social norms
norm enforcement
Öffentliches Gut
Spieltheorie
Soziale Norm
Rechtsdurchsetzung
Trittbrettfahrerverhalten
Test
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Reuben, Ernesto
Riedl, Arno
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090825118
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:25 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Reuben, Ernesto
- Riedl, Arno
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2009