This paper replies to the comment by Zaleski and Zech on my paper, in which I examined the relationship between free riding and group size. In this reply, I demonstrate that my original estimate is not misspecified because of a scaling problem and argue that the effects of any omitted variables are
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On “Group size and the free-rider hypothesis: An examination of new evidence from churches.” A reply to Tullock
✍ Scribed by Jody W. Lipford
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0048-5829
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Group size and the free-rider hypothesis
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Jody W. Lipford
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Article
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1996
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Springer US
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English
⚖ 182 KB
Group size and the free-rider hypothesis
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Peter A. Zaleski; Charles E. Zech
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Article
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1996
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Springer US
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English
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This paper comments on a recent study by Lipford (1995) which rejects the hypothesis of free ridership. This paper contends that Lipford's analysis suffers from two serious misspecification errors. A re-examination of Lipford's results suggests that free ridership could occur. Other hypotheses, howe