Public Goods Game Experiments in Thailand : Social Capital and Other Determinants of Contributions
Type: article
Abstract: This paper is one of the first papers studying public good game experiments in Thailand. Three experiment games were studied: basic public goods game, public goods game with endowment inequality and finitely repeated public goods game. In all three games, we find that an increase in personal spending decreases public goods contributions. Doing volunteer jobs increases contributions. Except volunteering, other social capital measures such as trust and friendship are not robust in predicting contributions across games. In the game with endowment inequality, subjects with high endowment contribute more than those with low endowment. Moreover, we find that men contribute significantly more than women in the finitely repeated game.
Source: Thailand and The World Economy
DOI: 10.14456/tej.2012.7
Author: Tanapong Potipiti
Institution: Chulalongkorn University
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2186190856