Leading-by-example and signaling in voluntary contribution games: an experimental study

DOI10.1007/s00199-006-0186-3zbMath1121.91311OpenAlexW2131575306MaRDI QIDQ2642885

Martin Sefton, Jan Potters, Lise Vesterlund

Publication date: 6 September 2007

Published in: Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-006-0186-3

zbMATH Keywords

ReciprocityPublic goodsSignalingLeading-by-exampleVoluntary provision

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Public goods (91B18) Signaling and communication in game theory (91A28) Experimental studies (91A90)

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