Representing Others in a Public Good Game
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Representing Others in a Public Good Game
In many important public good situations the decision-making power and authority is delegated to representatives who make binding decisions on behalf of a larger group. The purpose of this study is to compare contribution decisions made by individuals with contribution decisions made by group representatives. We present the results from a laboratory experiment that compares decisions made by in...
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Article history: Received 9 April 2008 Available online 27 January 2009 JEL classification: C72
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عنوان ژورنال: Games
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2073-4336
DOI: 10.3390/g6030381