Heine, Florian; Sefton, Martin - In: Games 9 (2018) 3, pp. 1-28
In an experimental study, we compare individual willingness to cooperate in a public good game after an initial team … public good game with different wealth levels. Our results indicate that the way these sunk costs have been accrued matters … especially for groups on the losing side of the contest: Given the same level of sunk costs, contributions to the public good are …