NDLI: Does Heterogeneity Help in Overcoming the Public Goods Dilemma in a Sequential Contribution Environment?

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Dasgupta, Utteeyo Orman, Wafa Hakim
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	This paper compares behavior of heterogeneous groups with homogeneous groups in public goods production. In heterogeneous groups members differ in their opportunity costs of contribution, while in homogeneous groups, members have the same opportunity costs. Members of three-player groups sequentially make all-or-nothing contributions towards the production of a public good where contribution decisions, payoffs, and opportunity costs of preceding players in the group are known to each group member. We find that heterogeneous groups perform better than homogeneous groups controlling for average opportunity costs at the group level. Our results also indicate that subjects develop an endogenous contribution norm to sustain public goods production where subjects in the first positions, and subjects with relatively low opportunity costs contribute most often.
Starting Page	1219
Ending Page	1239
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09262644
Journal	Group Decision and Negotiation
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15729907
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-09-11
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Opportunity-cost Heterogeneity Public goods Sequential contribution Operations Research/Decision Theory Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Strategy and Management Social Sciences Management of Technology and Innovation Decision Sciences

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