Understanding the Nature of Cooperation Variability
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Understanding the Nature of Cooperation Variability. / Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt; Hansen, Lars Gårn; Wengström, Erik Roland.
Frederiksberg : Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2013. s. 1-22.Publikation: Working paper
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Understanding the Nature of Cooperation Variability
AU - Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt
AU - Hansen, Lars Gårn
AU - Wengström, Erik Roland
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We investigate framing effects in a large-scale public good experiment. We measure indicators of explanations previously proposed in the literature, which when combined with the large sample, enable us to estimate a structural model of framing effects. The model captures potential causal effects and the behavioral heterogeneity of cooperation variability. We find that framing only has a small effect on the average level of cooperation but a substantial effect on behavioralheterogeneity and we show that this can be explained almost exclusively by a corresponding change in the heterogeneity of beliefs about other subjects’ behavior. Preferences are on the other hand stable between frames.
AB - We investigate framing effects in a large-scale public good experiment. We measure indicators of explanations previously proposed in the literature, which when combined with the large sample, enable us to estimate a structural model of framing effects. The model captures potential causal effects and the behavioral heterogeneity of cooperation variability. We find that framing only has a small effect on the average level of cooperation but a substantial effect on behavioralheterogeneity and we show that this can be explained almost exclusively by a corresponding change in the heterogeneity of beliefs about other subjects’ behavior. Preferences are on the other hand stable between frames.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - IFRO Working Paper
SP - 1
EP - 22
BT - Understanding the Nature of Cooperation Variability
PB - Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
CY - Frederiksberg
ER -
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