Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Abstract
Is mutually beneficial cooperation in trust games more prevalent with private property or common property? Does the strength of property right entitlement affect the answer? Cox, Ostrom, Walker, et al. [1] report little difference between cooperation in private and common property trust games. We assign stronger property right entitlements by requiring subjects to meet a performance quota in a real effort task to earn their endowments. We find that cooperation is lower in common property trust games than in private property trust games, which is an idiosyncratic prediction of revealed altruism theory [2].
Recommended Citation
Cox, James and Hall, Daniel, "Trust with Private and Common Property: Effects of Stronger
Property Right Entitlements" (2010). ExCEN Working Papers. 83.
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/excen_workingpapers/83
Comments
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