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When Self-interest is Self-Defeating: The Public Goods Experiment as a Teaching Tool

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  • Nelson, Robert G.
  • Beil, Richard O.

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This simple classroom experiment demonstrates many of the behavioral phenomena associated with the voluntary provision of a public good. The mechanics of the game are explained in detail and complete instructions are provided, as well as suggestions for follow-up lectures. Influences such as anonymous voting, persuasion, returns to free-riding, and duration of association can be explored in connection with concepts of incentives, individual rationality and group welfare. A number of variations and extensions can be used to incorporate prisoners' dilemmas, incentive compatible mechanisms, negative externalities, and Coasian bargaining.

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  • Nelson, Robert G. & Beil, Richard O., 1994. "When Self-interest is Self-Defeating: The Public Goods Experiment as a Teaching Tool," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(2), pages 580-590, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:26:y:1994:i:02:p:580-590_02
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    1. Soňa Kukučková & Pavel Žiaran, 2018. "Free-rider Problem in Classroom Games - Impact of Gender and Intergroup Conditions," Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, Mendel University Press, vol. 66(6), pages 1517-1525.
    2. Metin TETİK, 2020. "Investigating factors affecting cooperative and non-cooperative behavior: An experimental game in the classroom," Theoretical and Applied Economics, Asociatia Generala a Economistilor din Romania / Editura Economica, vol. 0(2(623), S), pages 205-214, Summer.

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