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Experimental Eviden...
Experimental Evidence on Cooperation, Political Affiliation, and Group Size
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- Helénsdotter, Ronja (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik,Department of Economics
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(creator_code:org_t)
- Gothenburg : University of Gothenburg, 2019
- Engelska.
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Serie: Working Papers in Economics (online), 1403-2465
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Abstract
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Stäng
- The main objective of this paper is to strengthen the knowledge about the relationship between cooperation and political affiliation. For this purpose, I carry out an incentivized N-person prisoner’s dilemma experiment. I find that left-wing voters cooperate more than right-wing voters in 3-person prisoner’s dilemmas. However, this difference in cooperation tapers off with group size due to a heterogeneous response to larger decision groups. While leftists cooperate less as the group size increases, I find no significant group size effect for rightists. These findings can partly be explained by differences in beliefs about the cooperativeness of others, but a substantial part remains unexplained.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Cooperation
- Social dilemma
- Political ideology
- Group size
- Experiment
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