1. ZEWnews English edition // 2014

    SEEK special edition 08 - 2014

    • ZEW Holds Fourth SEEK Conference – Public Finance and Income Distribution in Europe
    • Strengthening Europe – Hans Eichel on Coming Challenges for the EU
    • Nils Schmid Demands for New Directions in the European Union
    • Pa…
  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2014

    07/08 - 2014

    • Some Government Redistribution Measures Shown to Reduce Income Inequality
    • Deployment of Fibre Optic Networks: Making Public Subsidies more Efficient
    • Households Insured Against Flooding Take more Precautionary…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-056 // 2014

    Voting for Burden Sharing Rules in Public Goods Games

    In this experiment, we endogenize the choice of which contribution scheme is implemented in a public goods game. We investigate three rule-based contribution schemes. In a first step, players agree on a common…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-055 // 2014

    On the Performance of Rule-Based Contribution Schemes Under Endowment Heterogeneity

    We experimentally test different rule-based contribution mechanisms in a repeated 4-player public goods game with endowment heterogeneity and compare them to a VCM, distinguishing between a random- and an…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-060 // 2014

    Consistent or Balanced? On the Dynamics of Voluntary Contributions

    We investigate the dynamic effects of a charitable lottery and an income tax on donations. The analysis is based on a two-round dictator game with the subject’s charity of choice as recipient and additional…