Giving little by little: Dynamic voluntary contribution games

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1708-1730

  Duffy, John ^a   Ochs, Jack ^a   Vesterlund, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic public goods game; Information; Reciprocity; Voluntary contribution mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549125621     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.04.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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