Скачать или смотреть Keynes Fund Research: Private Provision of Public Goods and Group Dynamics - J. Shvets and T. Aidt

Most economists agree that public goods are a key source of market failure. Traditionally, government intervention was thought to be the main solution. However, public goods can be provided voluntarily (Ostrom, 1990). Although very important, voluntary provision of public goods is not well understood in general, and the group dynamics - social norms and peer effects - that might facilitate private provision are particularly ill-understood.

The aim of this project is to improve this understanding using a rare natural experiment. In October 2020, to contain the spread of COVID-19, the University of Cambridge launched an unprecedented programme which offered a weekly COVID-19 test to most of its students. A key feature of the program is that the students are grouped into small households characterized by strong social interactions. Although participation in the programme is voluntary, by December, 60% of 15,300 eligible students were taking the test1, a high average rate which also implies a high variance in participation.

These characteristics, together with the rich data collected by the programme, have convinced us that it is worth a close study.

Find out more about the Keynes Fund Project here:
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