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Gaechter, Simon, Koelle, Felix and Quercia, Simone ORCID: 0000-0002-4307-5219 (2022). Preferences and perceptions in Provision and Maintenance public goods. Games Econ. Behav., 135. S. 338 - 356. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1090-2473

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Abstract

We study two generic versions of public goods problems: in Provision problems, the public good does not exist initially and needs to be provided; in Maintenance problems, the public good already exists and needs to be maintained. In four lab and online experiments (n = 2,105), we document a robust asymmetry in preferences and perceptions in two incentive -equivalent versions of these public good problems. We find fewer conditional cooperators and more free riders in Maintenance than Provision, a difference that is replicable, stable, and reflected in perceptions of kindness. Incentivized control questions administered before gameplay reveal dilemma-specific misperceptions but controlling for them neither eliminates game-dependent conditional cooperation, nor differences in perceived kindness of others' cooperation. Thus, even when sharing the same game form, Maintenance and Provision are different social dilemmas that require separate behavioral analyses.(C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Gaechter, Simon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Koelle, Felix UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Quercia, Simone UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4307-5219 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-683074
DOI:	10.1016/j.geb.2022.06.009
Journal or Publication Title:	Games Econ. Behav.
Volume:	135
Page Range:	S. 338 - 356
Date:	2022
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1090-2473
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CONDITIONAL COOPERATION; VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; SOCIAL PREFERENCES; COLD-PRICKLE; WARM-GLOW; RECIPROCITY; GAME; MISCONCEPTIONS; CONFUSION Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68307