The frames behind the games: Player's perceptions of prisoners dilemma, chicken, dictator, and ultimatum games
The tension between cooperative and selfish impulses is a challenge for every society. But how is this problem perceived by individual participants in the context of a behavioral games experiment? We first assess individual differences in players' propensity to cooperate or defect in a series of experimental games. We then use open-ended interviews with a subset of those players to investigate the various concepts (or 'frames') they use when thinking about self-interested and cooperative actions. More generally, we hope to raise awareness of player's perceptions of experimental environments to inform both the design and interpretation of experiments and experimental data.
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2011
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Authors: | Butler, David J. ; Burbank, Victoria K. ; Chisholm, James S. |
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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics). - Elsevier, ISSN 2214-8043. - Vol. 40.2011, 2, p. 103-114
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Elsevier |
Subject: | Laboratory experiment Frames Selfishness Cooperation |
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