The perils of democracy
Document type :
Article dans une revue scientifique
Title :
The perils of democracy
Author(s) :
de Angelo, Gregory [Auteur]
Claremont Graduate University [Claremont, CA ]
Dubois, Dimitri [Auteur]
Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier [CEE-M]
Romaniuc, Rustam [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Claremont Graduate University [Claremont, CA ]
Dubois, Dimitri [Auteur]
Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier [CEE-M]
Romaniuc, Rustam [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Journal title :
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Pages :
328-340
Publisher :
Elsevier
Publication date :
2020
ISSN :
0167-2681
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
English abstract : [en]
In this work we examine a common social dilemma in experimental economics, the public goods game, to determine how voting impacts pro-social behavior. As noted in Markussen et al. (2014), a democratic dividend exists. ...
Show more >In this work we examine a common social dilemma in experimental economics, the public goods game, to determine how voting impacts pro-social behavior. As noted in Markussen et al. (2014), a democratic dividend exists. Couching the public goods game in a phenomenon that is playing out in much of the world – drastic income inequality – we examine the decision of groups to share local public goods with groups that have, effectively, no endowment to contribute toward public nor private consumption. Our results show the perils of democracy in that subjects in the position to vote use their advantageous situation to reward the ingroups at the expense of the less endowed outgroup members.Show less >
Show more >In this work we examine a common social dilemma in experimental economics, the public goods game, to determine how voting impacts pro-social behavior. As noted in Markussen et al. (2014), a democratic dividend exists. Couching the public goods game in a phenomenon that is playing out in much of the world – drastic income inequality – we examine the decision of groups to share local public goods with groups that have, effectively, no endowment to contribute toward public nor private consumption. Our results show the perils of democracy in that subjects in the position to vote use their advantageous situation to reward the ingroups at the expense of the less endowed outgroup members.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
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