Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/168496 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
14th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS): "Mapping ICT into Transformation for the Next Information Society", Kyoto, Japan, 24th-27th June, 2017
Publisher: 
International Telecommunications Society (ITS), Calgary
Abstract: 
Social preferences for the punishment of free riders are critical for generating cooperative behavior in human society. Focusing on the receiving fees of Japan´s public broadcaster, this study analyses how punishment of free riders, that is, the strengthening of legal responses against them, affects the willingness to pay (WTP) of general viewers. Preferences regarding punishments were found to have significant positive effects on WTP. Furthermore, differences of perception about the institutional framework around receiving fees and differences in type concerning cooperative behavior were found to influence these effects clearly.
Subjects: 
public goods
social preference
free riding
punishment
WTP
JEL: 
D63
H41
K42
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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