Cooperation in small groups: the effect of group size

We study the effect of group size on cooperation in voluntary contribution mechanism games. As in previous experiments, we study four- and eight-person groups in high and low marginal per capita return (MPCR) conditions. We find a positive effect of group size in the low MPCR condition, as in previo...

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Volume:	18
Main Author:	Nosenzo, Daniele Quercia, Simone Sefton, Martin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Boston Springer US 01.03.2015 SPRINGER Springer
published in:	Experimental Economics Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 4 - 14
Editor:	Walker, James Issac, Mark
ORCID:	0000-0002-4307-5219 0000-0002-0831-5408 0000-0002-1327-7311
Data of publication:	20150300
ISSN:	1386-4157 1573-6938
EISSN:	1573-6938
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	H41 Voluntary contribution mechanism Operations Research/Decision Theory Cooperation Microeconomics Group size Economic Theory Public Finance & Economics Methodology and the History of Economic Thought Economics / Management Science C72 Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Economic aspects Small groups Analysis United Kingdom PUBLIC-GOODS Voluntary contribution mechanism EXPERIMENTAL OLIGOPOLIES Cooperation Group size FREE-RIDER PROBLEM PRISONERS-DILEMMA PROVISION
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