A Group Public Goods Game with Position Uncertainty

Sakib Anwar, Jorge Bruno and Sonali SenGupta

No 2022/07, QBS Working Paper Series from Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School

Abstract: We model a dynamic public good contribution game, where players are (naturally) formed into groups. The groups are exogenously placed in a sequence, with limited information available to players about their groups' position in the sequence. Contribution decisions are made by players simultaneously and independently, and the groups' total contribution is made sequentially. We try to capture both inter and intra-group behaviors and analyze different situations where players observe partial history about total contributions of their predecessor groups. Given this framework, we show that even when players observe a history of defection (no contribution), a cooperative outcome is achievable. This is particularly interesting in the situation when players observe only their immediate predecessor groups' contribution, where we observe that players play an important role in motivating others to contribute.

Keywords: Social Dilemmas; Public Goods; Position Uncertainty; Voluntary Contributions; Fundraising; Groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 D82 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4249661

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