Private provision of a public good: cooperation and altruism of internet forum users

We ran an experiment with users of Internet forums. In a dictator game, we find that the level of altruism is positively related to the activity in the forum. In a public good game, there is no relation between cooperation in the game and contribution to the content of the forum. Subjects are not mo...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Ros-Galvez, Alfonso Rosa-Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services) 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of the Commons
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Online Access:https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/554