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The impact of goals and public rewards on a prosocial behaviour: an exploratory economic experiment

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Given that private rewards have mixed effectiveness in the realm of prosocial behaviors (Bénabou and Tirole, 2006), we explore whether a “public” reward (denominated in additional units of public good provision) successfully encourages prosocial behavior in the form of increased donations to a project aimed at improving atmospheric air quality. Our experiment consists of a dictator game designed to address 1) if the presence of a goal increases voluntary contributions to improving environmental quality, and 2) if an additional public reward further increases voluntary contributions. We find a significant goal effect overall, yet no added public reward effect.
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hal-01506329 , version 1 (12-04-2017)

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Kate Farrow, Sandrine Costa, Gilles Grolleau, Lisette Ibanez. The impact of goals and public rewards on a prosocial behaviour: an exploratory economic experiment. Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22 (4), pp.305-311. ⟨10.1080/13504851.2014.939371⟩. ⟨hal-01506329⟩
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