eprintid: 16722
rev_number: 16
eprint_status: archive
userid: 2744
dir: disk0/00/01/67/22
datestamp: 2014-04-16 08:21:07
lastmod: 2015-04-23 08:16:50
status_changed: 2014-04-16 08:21:07
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Diederich, Johannees
creators_name: Goeschl, Timo
title: Motivational Drivers of the Private Provision of Public Goods: Evidence From a Large Framed Field Experiment 
subjects: 330
divisions: 181000
keywords: private provision of public goods; online experiment; field experiment; warm glow; social norms; equity field experiment; online experiment
abstract: Disentangling the motivational drivers of individuals is frequently regarded a key step in reconciling theory and empirical evidence on the voluntary provision of public
goods. We present results of a large online field experiments with 12,624 contribution choices by members of the Internet-using German population. Subjects are assigned
to six treatments targeted at motivations such as altruism, "warm glow", image motivation, or equity concerns. While evidence on treatment effects is mixed, the data point to signicant effects of framing and the sequence of presenting options. Exploiting variations within the highly heterogeneous sample, the results confirm previous results from a subset of the data on sociodemographics and exogenous environmental conditions as determinants of subjects' choices and add additional evidence that females and older subjects are more inclined to give to the public
good.
date: 2014-04
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00016722
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0561
ppn_swb: 1654980676
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-167229
language: eng
bibsort: DIEDERICHJMOTIVATION201404
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
volume: 0561
pages: 23
citation:   Diederich, Johannees ; Goeschl, Timo  (2014) Motivational Drivers of the Private Provision of Public Goods: Evidence From a Large Framed Field Experiment.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/16722/1/diederich_goeschl_2014_dp561.pdf