The "Spite" Dilemma: Spite or No Spite, is there a Dilemma?
Douglas Brunton
Rabia Hasan
Stuart Mestelman
Department of Economics
McMaster University
November 2000
Abstract
The results are reported for five laboratory sessions in which a voluntary
contribution mechanism is used to collect resources to provide a public
good. The individually rational action for each subject coincides
with the collectively rational action. Group contributions do not
generally converge to the conventional equilibrium level. Deviations
from the predicted equilibrium are not explained by the value orientations
of the members of the groups.
Corresponding Author:
Stuart Mestelman
Department of Economics
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4
Canada
e-mail: mestelma@mcmaster.ca
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