Freedom to Free-Ride? Identifying Coercion Aversion in a Lab

• In Event: Attitudes Toward Redistribution and Contributions to Public Goods

Brief Overview

We identify a phenomenon “coercion aversion”, a preference that a decision-maker would discount a choice that potentially compels others, through different voting rules in a public goods game context.

Author

• Pei-Hsun Hsieh, Stony Brook University