Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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969595 | Journal of Public Economics | 2006 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
Edward Buckley, Rachel Croson,