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Group composition and conditional cooperation

Alexander Smith

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2011, vol. 40, issue 5, 616-622

Abstract: This paper examines how group composition affects conditional cooperation in public good games. Identity was created using a team-building activity and subjects were assigned to groups of six with varying proportions of subjects from two teams. Majority members contributed more to the public good than minority members. However, contributions were mainly related to beliefs about the contributions of others, especially others from the same teams, rather than minority/majority status.

Keywords: Public good game; Group composition; Conditional cooperation; Identity; Reciprocity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C90 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.04.018

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