On the prevalence of framing effects across subject-pools in a two-person cooperation game
In this experimental study, involving subjects from Abu-Dis (West Bank), Chengdu (China), Helsinki (Finland), and Jerusalem (Israel), we test for a presentation bias in a two-person cooperation game. In the positive frame of the game, a transfer creates a positive externality for the opposite player, and in the negative frame, a negative one. Subjects in Abu-Dis and Chengdu show a substantially higher cooperation level in the positive externality treatment. In Helsinki and Jerusalem, no framing effect is observed. These findings are also reflected in associated first-order beliefs. We argue that comparisons across subject-pools might lead to only partially meaningful and opposed conclusions if only one treatment condition is evaluated. We therefore suggest a complementary application and consideration of different presentations of identical decision problems within (cross-cultural) research on subject-pool differences.
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2010
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Authors: | Goerg, Sebastian J. ; Walkowitz, Gari |
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Journal of Economic Psychology. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-4870. - Vol. 31.2010, 6, p. 849-859
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Cooperation Framing of decision problems Methodology Subject-pool differences |
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