Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism
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1988
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Abstract
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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| Authors | R. Mark Isaac, James M. Walker |
| Journal | the quarterly journal of economics |
| Year | 1988 |
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10.2307/1882648
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