This article experimentally examines voluntary contributions when group members' marginal returns to the public good vary. The experiment implements two marginal return types, low and high, and uses the information that members have about the heterogeneity to identify the applied contribution norm. We find that norms vary with the information environment. If agents are aware of the heterogeneity, contributions increase in general. However, high types contribute more than low types when contributions can be linked to the type of the donor but contribute less otherwise. Low types, on the other hand, contribute more than high types when group members are aware of the heterogeneity but contributions cannot be linked to types. Our results underline the importance of the information structure when persons with different abilities contribute to a joint project, as in the context of teamwork or charitable giving. (author's abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series

Originally presented as the author's Ph. D. thesis, University Fridericiana, Karlsruhe, Germany. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-205).

NY, Columbia Univ., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Diss.--New York, 2003. / Kopie, ersch. im Verl. UMI, Ann Arbor, Mich. - Enth. 3 Beitr.

Mass., Harvard Univ., Dep. of Economics, Diss.--Cambridge, 2003. / Kopie, ersch. im Verl. UMI, Ann Arbor, Mich. - Enth. 3 Beitr.

Im Juli 2022 startet auf der Burg Mildenstein das Escape-Game »Der Schatz des Einäugigen«. Mittels einer analog-digitalen Schnitzeljagd durchrätseln Museumbesucher*innen die Burg, um sich dann final dem Escape-Room zu stellen. Der Beitrag gibt Einblick in die Projektarbeit, das Konzept und die zugrunde liegende Story des Spiels und hebt die Vorteile des Escape-Games als Vermittlungsformat im Bildungsbereich hervor. / Since July 2022 visitors to Mildenstein Castle are able to enjoy taking part in the Escape Game: »The Treasure of the One-Eyed Prince«. The game is a part-analogue, part-digital treasure hunt by means of which visitors can gain entry to the Escape Room itself. The following text gives an insight into the work of the project, the concept and to the story that lies behind it. It also highlights the value of the Escape Game format as an effective educational medium.