Collective action when public good returns are heterogeneous

Arbeitspapier

We adopt a mixed methods approach to investigate whether and how heterogeneity in individual returns to a public good affects contributions. We engage smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka in: a one-shot, framed, lab-in-the-field experiment, within which the farmers' rates of return to the public good are exogenously varied; and a survey including a question about their willingness to contribute time to the construction of a specific, relevant to them public good. In the former, we find weak evidence that heterogeneity in individual returns increases contributions. In the latter we find that those facing higher returns contribute more. We conclude that heterogeneity in returns does not explain why collective action remains a challenge in farming communities in developing countries.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CREDIT Research Paper ; No. 17/05

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Field Experiments ; Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
• Thema: lab-type behavioural experiment ; collective action ; heterogeneity ; public goods

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Barr, Abigail ; Owens, Trudy ; Perera, Ashira
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The University of Nottingham, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT)
• (wo): Nottingham
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162750
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ