Impact of altruistic behavior on group cooperation: A mechanism working in the presence of an altruist may solve the public goods provision problem
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Keywords
cooperation; public goods game; altruist; experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2016-02-23 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-EXP-2016-02-23 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2016-02-23 (Game Theory)
- NEP-NET-2016-02-23 (Network Economics)
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