%0 Report
        %A Grund, Christian
%A Monschau, Philipp
        %T Facing Inflated Rules – Experimental Evidence from Threshold Public Goods Games
        %D 2025
        %8 2025 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 18075
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp18075
        %X We study the role of purpose-based rules for behavior and outcomes in a threshold public good game. Rules can be sufficient or even inflated in terms of proposing a fulfilling behavior. We conduct a lab experiment to describe the implications caused by the inflation of a rule. Our study shows that inflated rules are obeyed less. Yet, rule-following occurs also with inflated rules which leads to lower efficiency regarding exactly providing the threshold. A fair share option can help to coordinate efficiently. We complement our analysis by the investigation of the role of the implemented rules for the ex-post optimal behavior, i.e. evaluating the individual contribution depending on the individual payoff.
        %K thresholds
%K groups
%K cooperation
%K coordination
%K rule-following
%K public goods