Studied single-stage intergroup competition for public goods in small groups with total
resources of equal size and binary contributions. In Experiment 1, the two competing groups …

Twelve groups of 5 players each participated in a multiple-trial social dilemma game in
which each player, i, receives a possibly different monetary endowment. ei, and then …

Two experiments with 114 male undergraduates studied intergroup competition as a
structural solution to social dilemmas. In Exp 1, Ss participated in a one-shot" give-some" …

An intriguing class of collective action problems has been largely ignored by social dilemma
researchers. Hardin (1982) observed that" It is often... the case that collective action is of …

For an experiment on the problem of collective action, randomly selected high school
students were randomly assigned to groups which were confronted with an investment …

An experimental paradigm is proposed for investigating interpersonal conflicts under
conditions of intergroup competition. The paradigm constitutes an n-person game with …

Thirty‐two groups of three subjects each participated once in an intergroup public goods
game (IPG) in which two groups compete for the provision of step‐level public goods. Half of …

An experimental study examined the effects of asymmetry of endowments and information
level on the contribution to a public step good. In 4-person groups endowments were …

Recent studies report that economic inequality is associated with reduced government
expenditures on social programs. Several prominent social scientists, including Putman …

New experimental evidence extending the investigation of free-riding behavior in public
goods provision is presented. Procedures are developed to deal with the logistical problems …