Does disclosure crowd out cooperation?

Peter Martinsson and Clara Villegas-Palacio

No 446, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper investigates whether disclosure crowds out pro-social behavior using a public goods experiment. In a between-subject design, we investigate different degrees of disclosure. We find a small positive but insignificant effect of disclosure treatments on contributions to the public good. Thus, our empirical findings are consistent with crowding theory.

Keywords: Disclosure; image motivation; public goods experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2010-05-18
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-exp, nep-pbe and nep-soc
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