Does context matter more for hypothetical than for actual contributions? evidence from a natural field experiment

DOI10.1007/S10683-007-9194-9MaRDI QIDQ945035zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Francisco Alpizar, Fredrik Carlsson, Olof Johansson-Stenman

Publication date 10 September 2008

Published in Experimental Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://hdl.handle.net/2077/19167

zbMATH Keywords

AnonymityConformityEnvironmental valuationNatural field experimentStated preference methodsVoluntary contributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental studies (91A90) Environmental economics (natural resource models, harvesting, pollution, etc.) (91B76)

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