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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Management Science & Engineering (ICMSE), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Helsinki
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5375-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSE.2014.6930274