• DocumentCode
    127056
  • Title

    Free rider behavior is determined by innate factor or acquired factor?

  • Author

    Zhou Yan ; Guo Cai-cai ; Zhang Qi-lin ; Mu Hong

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Manage., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    17-19 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    515
  • Lastpage
    522
  • Abstract
    In economic and social systems, the personal contribution usually varies in different age period. We investigate the impacts of social network on individual contribution in their lifespan. First, we use Ucinet software to analyze individual social network density. Second, we use E-views software to analyze experimental data. We design an experiment in which personal consumption level and gender are introduced to the standard L-D experiment. We also explore the link between educational level and free rider behavior. The results of a plenty of laboratory experiments indicate that the free rider behavior is determined by the acquired factor rather than innate factor.
  • Keywords
    social sciences computing; E-views software; Ucinet software; acquired factor; economic systems; educational level; free rider behavior; gender; innate factor; personal consumption level; social network density; social systems; standard L-D experiment; Correlation; Educational institutions; Indexes; Senior citizens; Social network services; Software; acquired factor; innate factor; public goods experiment; social network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Management Science & Engineering (ICMSE), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Helsinki
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5375-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMSE.2014.6930274
  • Filename
    6930274