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Classroom Games: Voluntary Provision of a Public Good

Author(s) -

Charles A. Holt,

Susan K. Laury

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

the journal of economic perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 9.614

H-Index - 196

eISSN - 1944-7965

pISSN - 0895-3309

DOI - 10.1257/jep.11.4.209

Subject(s) - public good , altruism (biology) , government (linguistics) , raising (metalworking) , simple (philosophy) , public relations , business , turnover , microeconomics , economics , political science , psychology , social psychology , engineering , management , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , mechanical engineering

This paper describes a simple public goods game, implemented with playing cards in a classroom setup. Students choose whether to contribute to the provision of a public good in a situation where it is privately optimal not to contribute, but socially optimal to contribute fully. This exercise motivates discussion of altruism, strategies for private fund-raising, and the role of government in resolving the public good problem.

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