Living in two neighborhoods
Subtitle: social interactions in the lab
By: by Armin Falk, Urs Fischbacher, Simon Gächter.
Contributors: Fischbacher, Urs.; Gächter, Simon.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1381; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1381
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "Field evidence suggests that people belonging to the same group often behave similarly, i.e., behaviour exhibits social interaction effects. We conduct an experiment that avoids the identification problem present in the field. Our novel design feature is that each subject simultaneously is a member of two randomly assigned and identical groups where only members ('neighbours') are different. In both groups subjects contribute to a public good. We speak of social interactions if the same subject at the same time makes group-specific contributions that depend on their respective neighbours' contribution. We find that a majority of subjects exhibits social interaction effects"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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