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Ex interim voting in public good provision

We report the results of an experimental study that compares voting mechanisms in the provision of public goods. Subjects can freely decide how much they want to contribute. Whether the public good is ¯nally provided is decided by a referendum under full information about all contributions. If provision is rejected, contributions are reduced by a fee and reimbursed. We compare unanimity with majority voting and both to the baseline of cheap talk. Contributions are highest under unanimity. Yet, results concerning overall e±ciency are mixed. When provision occurs, only unanimity enhances e±ciency. Overall, however, unanimity leads to too many rejections.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ; No. 2006,23

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Noncooperative Games
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Public Goods
Thema
Öffentliches Gut
Abstimmungsregel
Test
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Fischer, Sven
Nicklisch, Andreas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2006

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Fischer, Sven
  • Nicklisch, Andreas
  • Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Entstanden

  • 2006

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