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The value of non-binding announcements in public goods experiments : some theory and experimental evidence

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dc.creator Berlemann, Michael
dc.creator Dittrich, Marcus
dc.creator Markwardt, Gunther
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:00:59Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:00:59Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18715
dc.identifier ppn:477414303
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18715
dc.description In this paper we present three simple theoretical models to explain the influence of the possibility to make non-binding announcements on investment behaviour in public goods settings. Our models build on the idea that voluntary contributions to the supply of a public good might be motivated by some form of joy of giving. We show that the possibility to make non-binding announcements has a positive effect on cooperative behaviour, especially if individual announcements and factual investments are communicated to the players after each round. We also show that this result holds true even though the players have an incentive to overstate their true degrees of cooperativeness. Altogether, our theoretical considerations point in the direction that revealing as much information on individual intentions and factual behaviour as possible enhances cooperative behaviour. These conclusions are broadly confirmed by the results of a series of classroom experiments we present.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation CESifo working papers 1352
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject C92
dc.subject H41
dc.subject D74
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject public goods
dc.subject announcements
dc.subject joy of giving
dc.subject experimental economics
dc.subject Öffentliches Gut
dc.subject Experiment
dc.subject Ankündigungseffekt
dc.subject Altruismus
dc.subject Nichtkooperatives Spiel
dc.subject Theorie
dc.title The value of non-binding announcements in public goods experiments : some theory and experimental evidence
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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