Endogenous and costly institutional deterrence in a public good experiment

IF 1.4 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2016-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2016.03.005

David C. Kingsley , Thomas C. Brown

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Modern societies rely on formal, central authority institutions that regulate the behavior of all members of society. This paper investigates the formation of a central authority regime within a linear public good experiment. The institution is funded by a fixed cost that increases with the level of deterrence, which is specified as the number of group members who are likely to be monitored. The level of deterrence is both exogenously and endogenously determined, allowing investigation of the effect of endogenous selection. The results indicate no significant positive endogenous selection effect. Indeed, in contrast to the existing literature, when a non-deterrent central authority is endogenously determined contributions tend to decrease.

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现代社会依靠正式的中央权威机构来规范社会所有成员的行为。本文研究了线性公共物品实验中中央权力体制的形成。该机构的资金来自固定成本，该成本随着威慑水平的增加而增加，威慑水平是指可能受到监视的群体成员的数量。威慑水平是由外生和内生决定的，从而可以研究内生选择的影响。结果表明，无显著的正内生选择效应。事实上，与现有文献相反，当一个无威慑力的中央权威是内生决定的，贡献倾向于减少。

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

113

审稿时长

83 days

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