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Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism
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This paper examines the relationship between variations in group size and “free-riding” behavior in the voluntary provision of public goods. We examine experimentally two pertinent concepts: the marginal return to an individual from contributions to the public good, and the actual number of members in the group. Our results strongly support a hypothesis that increasing group size leads to a reduction in allocative efficiency when accompanied by a decrease in marginal return from the public good (as from crowding or an association of large groups with imperceptibility of marginal benefits). Our results do not support a pure numbers-in-the-group effect.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Isaac, R. M., & Walker, J. M.
- Venue
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1988-02
- Volume
- 103
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 179
- ISSN
- 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2155850969
- Cited by
- 1,085
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 26.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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