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| Title: | Comparing the Effectiveness of Regulation and Pro-Social Emotions to Enhance Cooperation: Experimental Evidence from Fishing Communities in Colombia |
| Authors: | Lopez, Maria Claudia
Murphy, James J.
Spraggon, John M.
Stranlund, John K. |
| Authors (Email): | Lopez, Maria Claudia (mclopezperez@gmail.com)
Murphy, James J. (murphy@uaa.alaska.edu)
Spraggon, John M. (jmspraggon@resecon.umass.edu)
Stranlund, John K. (stranlund@resecon.umass.edu) |
| Keywords: | public goods
field experiments
pro-social emotions
social dilemma
regulation
enforcement. |
| JEL Codes: | C93
H41
Q20
Q28 |
| Issue Date: | 2009-09-01 |
| Series/Report no.: | Working Paper
2009-5 |
| Abstract: | This paper presents the results from a series of framed field experiments conducted in fishing communities off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The goal is to investigate the relative effectiveness of exogenous regulatory pressure and pro-social emotions in promoting cooperative behavior in a public goods context. The random public revelation of an individual’s contribution and its consequences for the rest of the group leads to significantly higher public good contributions and social welfare than regulatory pressure, even under regulations that are designed to motivate fully efficient contributions. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/53126 |
| Institution/Association: | University of Massachusetts, Amherst>Department of Resource Economics>Working Paper Series |
| Total Pages: | 35 |
| Collections: | Working Paper Series
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