Second Thoughts on Free Riding

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We use the strategy method to classify subjects into cooperator types in a largescale online Public Goods Game and nd that free riders spend more time on making their decisions than conditional cooperators and other cooperator types.
This result is robust to reversing the framing of the game and is not driven by free riders lacking cognitive ability, confusion, or natural swiftness in responding. Our results suggest that conditional cooperation serves as a norm and that free riders
need time to resolve a moral dilemma
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLund
PublisherDepartment of Economics, Lund University
Number of pages26
Publication statusPublished - 2013
SeriesWorking Paper Department of Economics, Lund University
Number29
Volume2013

Bibliographical note

JEL Codes: C70; C90; D03

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