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@article{983325,
author = {Špalek, Jiří and Berná, Zuzana},
article_location = {Bratislava},
article_number = {3},
keywords = {Public goods; experiment; lottery; free riding},
language = {eng},
issn = {0013-3035},
journal = {Ekonomický časopis / Journal of Economics},
title = {Effectiveness of Charitable Lottery Design: Experimental Evidence from the Czech Republic and Russia},
volume = {60},
year = {2012}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 983325
AU - Špalek, Jiří - Berná, Zuzana
PY - 2012
TI - Effectiveness of Charitable Lottery Design: Experimental Evidence from the Czech Republic and Russia
JF - Ekonomický časopis / Journal of Economics
VL - 60
IS - 3
SP - 239-258
EP - 239-258
PB - EÚ SAV
SN - 00133035
KW - Public goods
KW - experiment
KW - lottery
KW - free riding
N2 - The paper presents the results of a multicultural economic experiment that took place in two Central and Eastern European countries: the Czech Republic (CR) and Russia (Ru). The experiment was focused on studying the behaviour of Eastern European university students in a situation simulating a charitable lottery. The experiment was to a great extent inspired by the experimental design of Dale (2004). In accordance with Dale’s study, we examined the effectiveness of various lottery structures. From Dale’s experimental design, we adopted the fixed-prize lottery (raffle) structure, in which tickets are sold for chances of winning a prize. The more tickets one buys, the more probable is for him to win. We introduced a new scheme (lottery structure) – the modified fixed-prize lottery - within which the chance of winning was equal for all contributing individuals (and hence independent of the amount of their actual non-zero contribution). Our results show that such a scheme is not efficient, that is, that individuals contribute considerably less under the modified fixed-prize lottery than under the classic raffle. Comparisons of results acquired in three different countries (CR, Ru and the United States (US)) enabled us to find certain differences in individuals’ behaviours that could be qualified as “country effects”. In particular, under the fixed-prize lottery, we observed considerably lower contributions by the Czech and Russian participants compared to their American colleagues. As far as the behaviours of the Czech and Russian students is concerned, the differences were significant only in the modified fixed-prize lottery, where the Russian students contributed considerably more than the Czech ones.
ER -
ŠPALEK, Jiří a Zuzana BERNÁ. Effectiveness of Charitable Lottery Design: Experimental Evidence from the Czech Republic and Russia. \textit{Ekonomický časopis / Journal of Economics}. Bratislava: EÚ SAV, 2012, roč.~60, č.~3, s.~239-258. ISSN~0013-3035.
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