Explaining cooperative behavior in public goods games: how preferences and beliefs affect contribution levels

DOI10.3390/G10010015MaRDI QIDQ2183991zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Kurt A. Ackermann, Ryan O. Murphy

Publication date 27 May 2020

Published in Games (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3390/g10010015

zbMATH Keywords

cooperationindividual differencessocial preferencessocial dilemmaspublic goodsbeliefssocial value orientation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Individual preferences (91B08) Cooperative games (91A12) Public goods (91B18)

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