An Experimental Study of the Effect of Announcements on Public Goods Contributions

Lisa R. Anderson and Sarah Stafford ()
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Sarah Stafford: Department of Economics, College of William and Mary

No 82, Working Papers from Department of Economics, College of William and Mary

Abstract: We include probabilistic announcements in a standard public goods experiment. Although the possibility of having decisions announced encourages subjects to contribute more to the group account, learning that some individuals are free-riding more than the average has a negative effect.

Keywords: Voluntary Contributions Mechanism; Public Goods; Announcement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-exp and nep-pbe
Date: 2009-02-02
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