Intrinsic Motivation, Voluntary Contribution to Pulic Goods, and Public Intervention: Theory and Practice

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530205
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic theory
• Research Institution: International University of Japan
• Principal Investigator: KAKINAKA Makoto 国際大学, 国際関係学研究科, 教授 (40421234)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KOTANI Koji 高知工科大学, マネジメント学部, 教授 (80422583)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 本源的動機 / 自発的公共財供給 / 政府介入

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of the project is to build theoretical models of voluntary contribution to a public good with intrinsic motivations and to discuss how government interventions affect people’s behaviors of voluntary contribution and the social welfare. Concerning analytical works, by extending the theoretical model of Elster’s moral motivation, developed by Kakinaka & Kotani (2011), we build the model of social motivation, which is another type of intrinsic motivations, and discuss how intrinsic motivations are related to voluntary contribution with the consideration of the effects of government interventions. Regarding empirical analyses, we conduct several surveys in developing countries, such as Indonesia, China, Myanmar, and the Philippines, on various on-going issues of voluntary contribution to verify determinants of people’s motivations of voluntary contribution. Furthermore, we discuss people’s motivation by conducting experiments on public goods provision.

Free Research Field

社会科学