One bad apple spoils the barrel? Public good provision under threshold uncertainty

IF 1.7 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI:10.1007/s10683-024-09836-y

Fredrik Carlsson, Claes Ek, Andreas Lange

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Abstract

We report laboratory evidence on the voluntary provision of threshold public goods when the exact location of the threshold is not known. Our experimental treatments explicitly compare two prominent technologies, summation, and weakest link. Uncertainty in threshold location is particularly detrimental to threshold attainment under weakest link, where low contributions by one subject cannot be compensated by others. In contrast, threshold uncertainty does not affect contributions under summation. We demonstrate that non-binding pledges improve the chances of threshold attainment under both technologies, particularly under weakest link.

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一个坏苹果坏了一桶水？门槛不确定情况下的公益供给

我们报告了在不知道门槛的确切位置时，自愿提供门槛公共产品的实验室证据。我们的实验处理明确比较了两种突出的技术：求和技术和最弱联系技术。阈值位置的不确定性尤其不利于最弱联系下阈值的实现，在这种情况下，一个主体的低贡献无法得到其他主体的补偿。相比之下，阈值的不确定性并不影响求和条件下的贡献。我们证明，在这两种技术下，特别是在最弱联系下，非约束性承诺提高了达到门槛的机会。

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Experimental Economics ECONOMICS-

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4.10

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8.70%

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