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The Role of Culture in Public Goods and Other Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2011

Sun-Ki Chai ,
Dolgorsuren Dorj ,
Kyle Hampton  and
Ming Liu
Sun-Ki Chai
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dolgorsuren Dorj
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Kyle Hampton
Affiliation:
University of Alaska, Anchorage
Ming Liu
Affiliation:
Nankai University
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Burgeoning literature within the social sciences studies the effects of culture on collective action. In economics, this topic can be found in the rising fields of behavioral economics (Camerer, Loewenstein, and Rabin 2004; Diamond, Vartiainen, and Jahnssonin 2007; Thaler 2007; Wilkinson 2007) and experimental economics (Friedman and Sunder 1994; Friedman 2004; Kagel and Roth 1995), where increasing notice is taken of individuals who do not behave uniformly as self-interested, rational utility maximizers. Instead, altruism (Andreoni and Miller 2008), reciprocity (Fehr and Gachter 2000; Fischbacher and Gachter 2010; Rabin 1993), social welfare maximization (Charness and Rabin 2002), and inequality aversion (Bolton and Ockenfels 2000; Fehr and Schmidt 1999) have been proposed as explanations for behavior in collective action situations.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 740 - 744
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2011

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