Participation & Peers in Social Dilemmas - Two Experiments
Abstract: Aspects that might influence the degree of free-riding in social dilemma situations are studied by conducting two social insurance experiments in the lab. Evidence that people are motivated by concerns additional to those of material payoffs is found. These concerns are shown to be strongly connected to the concept of reciprocity. In contrast to what other literature would suggest, voting over or having a higher degree of participation towards an insurance system does not have any positive impact on the levels of free-riding. Previous trends of peers misusing or not misusing the system are found to have an effect on future levels of freeriding. People are more likely to lie and cheat when they believe that others will lie or cheat, but are more likely to be honest when they think that others will be honest. Indicative support is also found for the false consensus effect.
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