Leading by example in a public goods experiment with heterogeneity and incomplete information

被引：106
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作者：
Levati, M. Vittoria [1 ]
Sutter, Matthias
van der Heijden, Eline
机构：
[1] Max Planck Inst Econ, Strateg Interact Grp, Jena, Germany
[2] Univ Bari, I-70121 Bari, Italy
[3] Univ Innsbruck, Dept Econ, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
[4] Tilburg Univ, Dept Econ, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands
[5] Tilburg Univ, CentER, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands
来源：
JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION | 2007年 / 51卷 / 05期
关键词：
public goods experiment; leadership; exclusion; heterogeneous; endowments; incomplete information;
D O I：
10.1177/0022002707302796
中图分类号：
D81 [国际关系];
学科分类号：
030207 ;
摘要：
We study the effects of leadership on the private provision of a public good when group members are heterogeneously endowed. Leadership is implemented as a sequential public goods game where one group member contributes first and all the others follow. Our results show that the presence of a leader increases average contribution levels but less so than in case of homogeneous endowments. Leadership is almost ineffective, though, if participants do not know the distribution of endowments. Granting the leaders exclusion power does not lead to significantly higher contributions.
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页码：793 / 818
页数：26
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