Two are better than one!: Individuals' contributions to "unpacked" public goods

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Journal: Economics Letters

Year: 2009

Volume: 104

Issue: 1

Pages: 31-33

Authors (4)

Bernasconi, Michele (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia) Corazzini, Luca (not in RePEc) Kube, Sebastian (Institute of Labor Economics (...) Maréchal, Michel André (Universität Zürich)

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

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate how "unpacking" provides a possible approach for mitigating the dilemma of public goods provision through private contributions. Subjects' total contributions increase when a single public good is split into two identical public goods.

Two are better than one!: Individuals' contributions to "unpacked" public goods

Authors (4)

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