Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33168 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2108
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We conduct a public good experiment with high school teenagers. Some groups exclusively consist of students that we know to be friends. Other groups exclusively consist of students that we know not to be friends, and that are mere classmates. We find that 'friends' contribute more to the public good than 'classmates' do. Contributions of 'classmates' sharply decrease in the last round, in line with the literature on public good experiments. However, contributions of 'friends' sharply increase in the last round.
Subjects: 
experimentaleconomics
public goods
friendship
JEL: 
C91
C92
H41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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