• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Second Thoughts on Free Riding
  • Contributor: Nielsen, Ulrik [Author]; Tyran, Jean-Robert [Other]; Wengström, Erik [Other]
  • imprint: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2015]
  • Published in: Univ. of Copenhagen Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper ; No. 13-08
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (27 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2346832
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  • Footnote: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments September 4, 2013 erstellt
  • Description: We use the strategy method to classify subjects into cooperator types in a large-scale online Public Goods Game and find that free riders spend more time on making their decisions than conditional cooperators and other cooperator types. This result is robust to reversing the framing of the game and is not driven by free riders lacking cognitive ability, confusion, or natural swiftness in responding. Our results suggest that conditional cooperation serves as a norm and that free riders need time to resolve a moral dilemma
  • Access State: Open Access