Cooperation under democracy and authoritarian norms

Arbeitspapier

There is ample evidence for a "democracy premium". Laws that have been implemented via election lead to a more cooperative behavior compared to a top-down approach. This has been observed using field data and laboratory experiments. We present evidence from Chinese students and workers who participated in public goods experiments and a value survey. We find a premium for top-down rule implementation stemming from people with stronger individual values for obeying authorities. When participants have values for obeying authorities, they even conform to non-preferred rule. Our findings provide strong evidence that the efficiency of political institutions depends on societal norms.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Papers in Economics and Statistics ; No. 2013-14

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Relation of Economics to Social Values ; Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior ; Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; Public Goods
• Thema: Deterrent effect of legal sanctions ; expressive law ; authoritarian norms ; public goods ; democratic voting ; China ; Öffentliche Güter ; Soziale Norm ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Autoritäres System ; China

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Vollan, Björn ; Zhou, Yexin ; Landmann, Andreas ; Hu, Biliang ; Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon)
• (wo): Innsbruck
• (wann): 2013

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/101085
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ