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The seeds of success: the pivotal role of first round cooperation in public goods games

dc.contributor.coauthorGurdal, Mehmet Y.
dc.contributor.coauthorTorul, Orhan
dc.contributor.coauthorYahsi, Mustafa
dc.contributor.departmentGraduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.contributor.kuauthorYahşi, Mustafa
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteGRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-29T09:38:38Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines cooperation and punishment in a public goods game in Istanbul. Unlike prior within-subject designs, we use a between-subject design with separate no-punishment and punishment conditions. This approach reveals that punishment significantly increases contributions, demonstrating the detrimental effect of having prior experience without sanctions. We highlight two critical factors-heterogeneous initial contributions across groups and how subjects update their contributions based on prior contributions and received punishment. An agent-based model verifies that the interaction between these two factors leads to a strong persistence of contributions over time. Analysis of related data from comparable cities shows similar patterns, suggesting our findings likely generalize if using a between-subject design. We conclude that overlooking within-group heterogeneity biases cross-society comparisons and subsequent policy implications.
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dc.description.issue1
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.volume10
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s40881-023-00153-3
dc.identifier.eissn2199-6784
dc.identifier.issn2199-6776
dc.identifier.quartileQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-023-00153-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/22763
dc.identifier.wos1137243100001
dc.keywordsPublic goods experiment
dc.keywordsPunishment
dc.keywordsCooperation
dc.keywordsCulture
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.grantnoTurkey's Science Academy
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of the Economic Science Association-JESA
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.titleThe seeds of success: the pivotal role of first round cooperation in public goods games
dc.typeJournal Article
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