The role of beliefs, trust, and risk in contributions to a public good

dc.contributor.author	Kocher, Martin G.
dc.contributor.author	Martinsson, Peter
dc.contributor.author	Matzat, Dominik
dc.contributor.author	Wollbrant, Conny
dc.date.accessioned	2011-01-12T14:41:13Z
dc.date.available	2011-01-12T14:41:13Z
dc.date.issued	2011-01
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/24123
dc.description.abstract	This paper experimentally investigates the role of beliefs, trust, and risk in shaping cooperative behavior. By applying incentivized elicitation methods to measure these concepts, we find that beliefs about others’ behavior and trust are positively associated with cooperation in a public goods game. However, even though contributing unconditionally to a public good resembles a situation of making decisions under risk, elicited risk preferences do not seem to explain cooperation in a systematic way.	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	482	sv
dc.subject	Public goods	sv
dc.subject	cooperation	sv
dc.subject	risk preferences	sv
dc.subject	trust	sv
dc.subject	experiment	sv
dc.title	The role of beliefs, trust, and risk in contributions to a public good	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.type.svep	report	sv