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Matching behavior and collective action: Some experimental evidence
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In this article, a new approach to explain voluntary collective action, emphasizing strategic interactions of actors in their contributions to the provision of a public good, is tested experimentally, and the results support this approach, and tend to reject the conventional, Cournot theory of public goods.Abstract:
A new approach to explaining voluntary collective action, emphasizing strategic interactions of actors in their contributions to the provision of a public good, is tested experimentally. The results support this approach, and tend to reject the conventional, Cournot theory of the provision of public goods. Among the findings are a positive interaction between individual contributions to the provision of a public good, and a U-shaped time trend in combined contributions.read more
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