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| Author: | Marco, H. Kooreman, P. |
| Title: | Free riding and the provision of candy |
| Journal: | Journal of Public Economics
2002 : FEB, VOL. 83:2, p. 277-291 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS FREE RIDERS ANALYTICAL REVIEW |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Standard economic theory assumes that people selfishly maximize their economic well-being, without taking the effect on the well-being of others into account. As a consequence, they are not inclined to contribute voluntarily to the provision of a public good. It is a dominant strategy not to contribute but rather to free ride on the contributions of others. A wealth of experimental literature studies the effect of repetition and group size on the extent of free riding in the provision of public goods. In this paper, the authors use data from honor systems for candy bars in 166 firms to test whether such effects can be found outside the laboratory. The authors find that free riding increases with repetition, and weak evidence that free riding decreases with group size. |
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