Second thoughts on free riding |
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| Authors: | Ulrik H Nielsen Jean-Robert Tyran Erik Wengström |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, building 26, DK-1353 København K, Denmark;2. Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, A-1090 Vienna, Austria;3. Department of Economics, Lund University, P.O. Box 7082, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | We use the strategy method to classify subjects into cooperator types in a large-scale online Public Goods Game and find that free riders spend more time on making their decisions than conditional cooperators and other cooperator types. This result is robust to reversing the framing of the game and is not driven by cognitive ability, confusion, or natural swiftness in responding. Our results suggest that conditional cooperation serves as a norm and that free riders need time to resolve a moral dilemma. |
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| Keywords: | C70 C90 D03 |
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