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  • Cognitive ability and the house money effect in public goods games

  • Julian Hackinger
  • Journal:
    Journal of the Economic Science Association / Volume 10 / Issue 2 / December 2024
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 January 2025, pp. 393-414
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  • I experimentally investigate the relation of endowment origin, cognitive abilities (as measured by the Cognitive Reflection Test, CRT), and co-operation in a one-shot linear public goods game. The results show that subjects’ contributions depend on an interplay of cognitive abilities and endowment origin. A house money effect exists only for subjects with low CRT scores. They contribute more when income was allocated to them and less when income was obtained by effort. In contrast, subjects with high CRT scores contribute the same amount independent of income type. The findings have implications for redistribution, team production, and experimental designs.