Income and wealth heterogeneity in the voluntary provision of linear public goods

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Buckley, E; Croson, R
• 署名单位: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); University of Pennsylvania
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.06.002
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 935-955
• 关键词: linear public good; VCM; income heterogeneity

摘要

This paper examines the effect of income and wealth heterogeneity in the voluntary provision of a linear public good. We use models of inequality aversion and altruism to predict behavior in our setting. Our results are not consistent with these models, however; our experimental results suggest that less wealthy subjects give the same absolute amount (and more as a percentage of their income) as the more wealthy. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.