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Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision
Gallier, Carlo
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Goeschl, Timo
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Kesternich, Martin
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Lohse, Johannes
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Reif, Christiane
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Römer, Daniel
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URL:
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https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/42163
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URN:
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-421631
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Document Type:
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Working paper
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Year of publication:
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2017
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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ZEW Discussion Papers
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Volume:
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17-012
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Place of publication:
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Mannheim
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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Sonstige Einrichtungen > Zentrum für Europ. Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
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MADOC publication series:
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Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
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Subject:
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330 Economics
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Classification:
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JEL:
C9 , D7 , H4,
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Keywords (English):
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Social identity , parochialism , multi-level public goods , artefactual field experiment
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Abstract:
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Many public goods can be provided at different spatial levels. Evidence from social identity theory and in-group favoritism raises the possibility that where higher-level provision is more efficient, subjects' narrow concern for local outcomes (parochialism) could harm efficiency. Building on the experimental paradigm of multi-level public good games and the 'neighborhood attachment' concept, we conduct an artefactual field experiment with 600 participants in a setting conducive to parochial behavior. In an inter-neighborhood intra-region design, subjects allocate an endowment between a personal account, a local, and a regional public good account. The between-subjects design varies across two dimensions: One informs subjects that the smaller local group consists of members from their own neighborhood ('neighbors'). The other varies the relative productivity at the two public goods provision levels. We find evidence for parochialism, but contrary to our hypothesis, parochialism does not interfere with efficiency: The average subject responds to a change in relative productivities at the local and regional level in the same way, whether aware of their neighbors' presence in the small group or not. The results even hold for subjects with above-median neighborhood attachment and subjects primed on neighborhood attachment.
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Gallier, Carlo
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Goeschl, Timo
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Kesternich, Martin
;
Lohse, Johannes
;
Reif, Christiane
;
Römer, Daniel
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Gallier, Carlo
;
Goeschl, Timo
;
Kesternich, Martin
;
Lohse, Johannes
;
Reif, Christiane
;
Römer, Daniel
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