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

Michele Bernasconi (), Luca Corazzini, Sebastian Kube and Michel Maréchal

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 104, issue 1, 31-33

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.

Keywords: Public; goods; Voluntary; contributions; Unpacking; effect; Laboratory; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Working Paper: Two are Better Than One! Individuals' Contributions to "Unpacked" Public Goods (2007)
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