Does the reliability of institutions affect public good contributions? Evidence from a laboratory experiment

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  • Martin Fochmann
  • Björn Jahnke
  • Andreas Wagener

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  • Universität zu Köln
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)434-458
Seitenumfang25
FachzeitschriftScottish Journal of Political Economy
Jahrgang66
Ausgabenummer3
Frühes Online-Datum28 Sept. 2018
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 6 Juli 2019

Abstract

Reliable institutions, i.e., institutions that live up to the norms that agents expect them to keep foster cooperative behavior. We experimentally confirm this hypothesis in a public goods game with a salient norm that cooperation was socially demanded and corruption ought not to occur. When nevertheless corruption attempts came up, groups that were told that ‘the system’ had fended off the attempts made considerably higher contributions to the public good than groups that learned that attempts only did not affect their payoffs or that were not exposed to corruption at all.

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Does the reliability of institutions affect public good contributions? Evidence from a laboratory experiment. / Fochmann, Martin; Jahnke, Björn; Wagener, Andreas.
in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Jahrgang 66, Nr. 3, 06.07.2019, S. 434-458.

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Fochmann M, Jahnke B, Wagener A. Does the reliability of institutions affect public good contributions? Evidence from a laboratory experiment. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 2019 Jul 6;66(3):434-458. Epub 2018 Sep 28. doi: 10.1111/sjpe.12197
Fochmann, Martin ; Jahnke, Björn ; Wagener, Andreas. / Does the reliability of institutions affect public good contributions? Evidence from a laboratory experiment. in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 2019 ; Jahrgang 66, Nr. 3. S. 434-458.
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