Are teams conditionally cooperative? Experimental evidence from a public goods game

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2024
Volume: 239
Issue: C

Authors (2)

Xu, Chenyang (not in RePEc) Li, Tongzhe (University of Guelph)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We study whether teams are conditional cooperators in a one-shot public goods game and to what extent this conditionality differs from that when decisions are made by individuals. Using a laboratory experiment, we find individuals in teams under a majority rule do not exhibit significantly different levels of conditionally cooperative behavior than individuals in isolation. Whereas individuals in teams under a random ballot rule are less conditionally cooperative than individuals in isolation.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:239:y:2024:i:c:s0165176524002477
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25