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The Impact of Social Information on the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: A Replication Study

James J. Murphy

Nomin Batmunkh

Benjamin Nilsson

Samantha Ray

Replication in Experimental Economics

ISBN: 978-1-78560-351-8, eISBN: 978-1-78560-350-1

Publication date: 13 October 2015

Abstract

Shang and Croson (2009) found that providing information about the donation decisions of others can have a positive impact on individual donations to public radio. In this study, we attempted to replicate their results, but found no evidence that social information affected donation decisions. However, most of our donors were renewing members, a group which Shang and Croson also found was not influenced by social information.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

We are particularly grateful to Ann Alquist of Alaska Public Media for her enthusiastic support of this study. We also thank Steve Lindbeck, Torrie Allen, Melissa Walker, and the many volunteers who answered phones for making this study possible. Jen Shang and Rachel Croson were extremely helpful and supportive of this attempt to replicate their original study. Kyle Borash modified the software to randomly assign scripts. Samantha Luban provided outstanding research assistance.

Citation

Murphy, J.J., Batmunkh, N., Nilsson, B. and Ray, S. (2015), "The Impact of Social Information on the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: A Replication Study", Replication in Experimental Economics (Research in Experimental Economics, Vol. 18), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0193-230620150000018002

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited