This paper examines the relationship between variations in group size and “free-riding”
behavior in the voluntary provision of public goods. We examine experimentally two pertinent …

… and Mark Walker for their extensive comments … Building on research presented by Isaac
and Walker (1988), this paper presents new evidence regarding the existence of a pure group …

We examine experimentally the role of active communication as a mechanism for improving
economic efficiency in a voluntary contribution public goods environment. With no …

conclusions and extensions The most important single observation from this research is the
similarity between our wide range of results and the multitude of seemingly divergent …

Context Extreme obesity is associated with health and cardiovascular disease risks. Although
gastric bypass surgery induces rapid weight loss and ameliorates many of these risks in …

A growing number of field and experimental studies focus on the institutional arrangements
by which individuals are able to solve collective action problems. Important in this research is …

A survey of thirty‐one experimental studies which report data on the comparative effects of
monetary rewards and opportunity cost shows: (1) several studies in which increased rewards …

This article presents a conceptual framework for theoretical and empirical analysis of the
multiplicity of behavioral problems encountered in common-pool resources (CPRs). This …

First-price auction theory is extended to the case of heterogeneous bidders characterized
byM-parameter log-concave utility functions. This model, and its specific two-parameter …

Objective: Patient access to their electronic health care record (EHR) and Web-based
communication between patients and providers can potentially improve the quality of health care, …