eprintid: 17046
rev_number: 17
eprint_status: archive
userid: 2744
dir: disk0/00/01/70/46
datestamp: 2014-06-16 14:24:20
lastmod: 2015-04-22 04:49:46
status_changed: 2014-06-16 14:24:20
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Lohse, Johannes 
creators_name: Goeschl, Timo 
creators_name: Diederich ,  Johannes 
title: Giving is a question of time: Response times and contributions to a real world public good
subjects: 330
divisions: 181000
keywords: Public Goods; Cooperation; Dual Process Theories; Response Times; Climate Change; Online Experiment
abstract: Recent experimental research has examined whether contributions to public goods can be traced back to intuitive or deliberative decision-making, using response times in public good games in order to identify the specific decision process at work. In light of conflicting results, this paper reports on an analysis of response time data from an online experiment in which over 3400 subjects from the general population decided whether to contribute to a real world public good. The between-subjects evidence confirms a strong positive link between contributing and deliberation and between free-riding and intuition. The average response time of contributors is 40 percent higher than that of free-riders. A within-subject analysis reveals that for a given individual, contributing significantly increases and free-riding significantly decreases the amount of deliberation required.
date: 2014-06
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00017046
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0566
ppn_swb: 1658277961
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-170461
language: eng
bibsort: LOHSEJOHANGIVINGISAQ201406
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
volume: 0566
pages: 20
citation:   Lohse, Johannes  ; Goeschl, Timo  ; Diederich , Johannes   (2014) Giving is a question of time: Response times and contributions to a real world public good.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/17046/1/Lohse_Goeschl_Diederich_2014_dp566.pdf