| ID | 079528 |
| Title Proper | Leading by Example in a Public Goods Experiment with Heterogeneity and Incomplete Information |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Levati, M Vittoria ; Sutter, Matthias ; Heijden |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | We study the effects of leadership on the private provision of a public good when group members are heterogeneously endowed. Leadership is implemented as a sequential public goods game where one group member contributes first and all the others follow. Our results show that the presence of a leader increases average contribution levels but less so than in case of homogeneous endowments. Leadership is almost ineffective, though, if participants do not know the distribution of endowments. Granting the leaders exclusion power does not lead to significantly higher contributions |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 51, No.5; Oct 2007: p793-818 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 51, No.5; Oct 2007: p793-818 |
| Key Words | Public Goods Experiment ; Leadership ; Exclusion ; Heterogeneous Endowments ; Incomplete Information |