Walk the Talk? The Effect of Voting and Excludability in Public Goods Experiments
Joint Authors
Bonakdarian, Esmail
Czap, Natalia V.
Czap, Hans J.
Source
Economics Research International
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-12-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of voting and excludability on individual contributions to group projects.
We conducted two experiments on excludable and nonexcludable public goods, which provided several important results.
First, contrary to our expectations, subjects are generally contributing more to the non-excludable compared to the excludable public good.
Second, participating in a vote to choose a public project per se makes no difference in contributions.
However, if the project that the individual voted for also gets selected by the group, they contribute significantly more to that project.
Third, empathy and locus of control are important driving forces of participation in common projects.
Our results have implications on the procedural design of obtaining funding for public projects.
First, the public should get involved and have a say in the determination of which project should be realized.
Second, it might well pay off to attempt to develop a consensus among the population and obtain near unanimous votes, because in our experiment, subjects discriminate between the project they voted for and the project chosen by the majority.
Third, the policy proposers should stress the other-regarding interest of the public good rather than just pecuniary incentives.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Czap, Hans J.& Czap, Natalia V.& Bonakdarian, Esmail. 2010. Walk the Talk? The Effect of Voting and Excludability in Public Goods Experiments. Economics Research International،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497254
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Czap, Hans J.…[et al.]. Walk the Talk? The Effect of Voting and Excludability in Public Goods Experiments. Economics Research International No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497254
American Medical Association (AMA)
Czap, Hans J.& Czap, Natalia V.& Bonakdarian, Esmail. Walk the Talk? The Effect of Voting and Excludability in Public Goods Experiments. Economics Research International. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497254
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-497254