GUAN Hongyu，etc：Fair-Rule Preference and the Voluntary Provision in Public Goods: An Experimental Investigation

Abstract：The research of voluntary provision of public goods in last two decades has predominantly focused on the other-regarding social preference, but has not paid much attention to the rule preference regarding procedure.This paper reports the results of an experiment of a dictator game with option of buying veto to change the rule to a relatively more equitable ultimatum game, and a two-stage public goods game.This paper measures the preference for the two rules by ranking how much they pay for the veto, and identifies different types of cooperative preference and tests their effects on the public goods provision.The results indicate that individuals care about the rule and procedure, which is explained by the rule preference.And the results also show that individuals with different rule preferences for equitable have different beliefs and behavior patterns.

Key words： Rule Preferences    Social Preference    Voluntary Provision of Public Goods    Experiment

source:Finance & Trade Economics ,No.5,2015