Anonymity, reciprocity, and conformity: Evidence from voluntary contributions to a national park in Costa Rica

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1047-1060

  Alpizar, Francisco ^a   Carlsson, Fredrik ^b   Johansson Stenman, Olof ^b  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Conformity; Natural field experiment; Reciprocity; Voluntary contributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849126790     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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