Friendship in a public good experiment
By: by Marco Haan, Peter Kooreman, Tineke Riemersma
Contributors: Kooreman, Peter, 1955-
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2108; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2108
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: High school students; Friendship
Description: "We conduct a public good experiment with high school teenagers. Some groups exclusively consist of students that we know to be friends. Other groups exclusively consist of students that we know not to be friends, and that are mere classmates. We find that 'friends' contribute more to the public good than 'classmates' do. Contributions of 'classmates' sharply decrease in the last round, in line with the literature on public good experiments. However, contributions of 'friends' sharply increase in the last round"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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