Does context matter more for hypothetical than for actual contributions? Evidence from a natural field experiment

dc.citation.epage314en
dc.citation.issn1573-6938en
dc.citation.issue3en
dc.citation.jtitleExperimental Economicsen
dc.citation.spage299en
dc.citation.volume11en
dc.contributor.authorAlpizar, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorCarlsson, Fredrik
dc.contributor.authorJohansson-Stenman, Olof
dc.contributor.organizationAlpizar, F. Environment for Development Center, Tropical Agricultural and Higher Education Center (CATIE), 7170, Turrialba, Costa Rica
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-22T15:18:05Z
dc.date.available2009-01-22T15:18:05Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractWe investigated the importance of the social context for people’s voluntary contributions to a national park in Costa Rica, using a natural field experiment. Some subjects make actual contributions while others state their hypothetical contribution. Both the degree of anonymity and information provided about the contributions of others influence subject contributions in the hypothesized direction. We found a substantial hypothetical bias with regard to the amount contributed. However, the influence of the social contexts is about the same when the subjects make actual monetary contributions as when they state their hypothetical contributions. Our results have important implications for validity testing of stated preference methods: a comparison between hypothetical and actual behavior should be done for a given social context.en
dc.gup.departmentDepartment of Economicsen
dc.gup.originGöteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Lawen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/19167
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10683-007-9194-9en
dc.subjectEnvironmental valuationen
dc.subjectStated preferenceen
dc.subjectmethodsen
dc.subjectVoluntary contributionsen
dc.subjectAnonymityen
dc.subjectConformityen
dc.subjectNatural field experimenten
dc.titleDoes context matter more for hypothetical than for actual contributions? Evidence from a natural field experimenten
dc.type.sveparticle, peer reviewed scientificen

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