Abstract
A new approach to explaining voluntary collective action, emphasizing strategic interactions of actors in their contributions to the provision of a public good, is tested experimentally. The results support this approach, and tend to reject the conventional, Cournot theory of the provision of public goods. Among the findings are a positive interaction between individual contributions to the provision of a public good, and a U-shaped time trend in combined contributions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 171-198 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1986 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:*I am indebted to L. Putterman and anonymous referees for helpful comments and discussions, and to B. Asch, I. Maoz, H. Salehi, and R. Sousa, for valuable research assistance. The experiments reported here were performed at the Center for Computer-Based Behavioral Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles; I wish to thank G. Shure, M. Rogers, and the staff of the Center for their assistance. This research was funded by internal research grants from UCLA and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and by the Israel Foundation Trustees of the Ford Foundation.
Funding
*I am indebted to L. Putterman and anonymous referees for helpful comments and discussions, and to B. Asch, I. Maoz, H. Salehi, and R. Sousa, for valuable research assistance. The experiments reported here were performed at the Center for Computer-Based Behavioral Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles; I wish to thank G. Shure, M. Rogers, and the staff of the Center for their assistance. This research was funded by internal research grants from UCLA and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and by the Israel Foundation Trustees of the Ford Foundation.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Israel Foundation Trustees of the Ford Foundation | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem |