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ToolsLucas, Pablo, de Oliveira, Angela C. M. and Banuri, Sheheryar (2014) The effects of group composition and social preference heterogeneity in a public goods game: An agent-based simulation. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 17 (3). ISSN 1460-7425
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Behavioural economics highlights the role of social preferences in economic decisions. Further, populations are heterogeneous, suggesting that the composition of social preference types within a group may impact the ability to sustain voluntary public goods contributions. We conduct agent-based simulations of contributions in a public goods game, varying group composition and the weight individuals place on their beliefs versus their underlying social preference type. We then examine the effect of each of these factors on contributions. We find that social preference heterogeneity negatively impacts provision over a wide range of the parameter space, even controlling for the share of types in a group.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | social preferences,group composition,beliefs,agent-based simulation,political-economy,collective action,ethnic divisions,impure altruism,cooperation,growth,reciprocity,behavior,tragedy,people |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2015 15:08 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2023 08:32 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/54288 |
| DOI: | 10.18564/jasss.2522 |
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