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| Title: | | A few can do: Ethical behavior and the provision of public goods in an agent-based model  |
| Authors: | | Pickhardt, Michael |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CAWM discussion paper / Centrum für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung Münster 37 |
| Abstract: | | In this paper I examine the influence which a population of different behavioral types may have on the provision of public goods. In particular, the population or subject pool consists of three behavioral types: myopic selfish agents, enlightened selfish agents and ethically motivated agents. I use a simple agent-based simulation approach that incorporates type interaction based on forward-looking conditional cooperation within a standard linear public goods model. Among other things, I show that under the given circumstances non-provision of public goods is a negligible issue, even if the share of ethically motivated types in the population is rather small. |
| Subjects: | | Linear Public Goods Games Conditional Cooperation Ethical Behavior Agentbased Modeling Pareto-optimality |
| JEL: | | C15 C90 H41 A13 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CAWM Discussion Papers, Universität Münster
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