GROUP-SIZE AND THE FREE-RIDER HYPOTHESIS - A REEXAMINATION OF OLD EVIDENCE FROM CHURCHES - COMMENT

Authors
ZALESKI PA ZECH CE
Citation
Pa. Zaleski et Ce. Zech, GROUP-SIZE AND THE FREE-RIDER HYPOTHESIS - A REEXAMINATION OF OLD EVIDENCE FROM CHURCHES - COMMENT, Public choice, 88(3-4), 1996, pp. 407-411
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Economics,"Political Science
Journal title
Public choice → ACNP
ISSN journal
00485829
Volume
88
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
407 - 411
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-5829(1996)88:3-4<407:GATFH->2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
This paper comments on a recent study by Lipford (1995) which rejects the hypothesis of free ridership. This paper contends that Lipford's a nalysis suffers from two serious misspecification errors. A re-examina tion of Lipford's results suggests that free ridership could occur. Ot her hypotheses, however, are also consistent with the new results.