Case Study on Motivation to Participate in Private Provision of Local Public Goods and Time Spent in the Region Measured Using GPS

摘要

It is known that one or more dedicated people with strong leadership skills typically participate in successful community activities. It is called "ultra-altruistic motivation". These endeavors in various communities are often unsuccessful when the enthusiasm of the leaders and the residents toward the activities are not aligned. Some case study shows that the ultra-altruistic motivation works well and the private provision of local public goods has succeed. However, there are many kinds of local public goods, some cannot be provided by private sector, for example police, but some can be provided by private company like transportation services. Is it established even if the type of local public goods change? This paper demonstrates that the members of a community non-profit organization (NPO) have a greater willingness to pay for local public goods than the residents themselves as determined through a contingent value method, but this is not necessarily driven by an "ultra-altruistic motivation." The preference regarding monetary cooperation toward public transportation services by NPO members was indicated to be irrelevant to the time spent in the region, as determined through GPS data.