@article { , title = {Growth and inequality in public good provision}, abstract = {In a novel experimental design we study public good games with dynamic interdependencies, where each agent’s wealth at the end of period t serves as her endowment in t + 1. In this setting growth and inequality arise endogenously allowing us to address new questions regarding their interplay and effect on cooperation. We find that amounts contributed are increasing over time even in the absence of punishment possibilities. Variation in wealth is substantial with the richest groups earning more than ten times what the poorest groups earn. Introducing the possibility of punishment does not increase wealth and in some cases even decreases it. In the presence of a punishment option inequality in early periods is strongly negatively correlated with group income in later periods, highlighting negative interaction effects between endogenous inequality and punishment.}, doi = {10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.03.002}, eissn = {0047-2727}, issn = {0047-2727}, journal = {Journal of Public Economics}, note = {Currently in press. Professor Gaechter emailed for publication notification. Replace AAM with publisher's pdf, check doi, add vol. details, change to published. KJH 31.03.17. Updated as published CC-BY. TJJ 28/06/2018.}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Elsevier}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/968353}, volume = {150}, year = {2017}, author = {Gaechter, Simon and Mengel, Friederike and Tsakas, Elias and Vostroknutov, Alexander} }