An experimental investigation of endowment source heterogeneity in two-person public good games

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 104
Issue: 2
Pages: 102-105

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 find an "inverse found money effect" in two-person public good experiments in which individuals earning their endowments contribute more and engage in "altruistic conditional cooperation" when they are matched with those whose endowment is provided by the experimenters.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:104:y:2009:i:2:p:102-105
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-26