Blood donation as a public good: an empirical investigation of the free-rider
Abásolo, I.; Tsuchiya, A. · White Rose Research Online
A voluntary blood donation system can be seen as a public good. People can take advantage without contributing, which leads to the so called free-rider problem. An empirical study is undertaken to analyse the extent of free-riding and its determinants in this context. Interviews of the general public in Spain (n=1,211) ask whether respondents are (or have be…