Framing and misperception in public good experiments

TY - JOUR

T1 - Framing and misperception in public good experiments

AU - Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt

AU - Hansen, Lars Gårn

AU - Wengström, Erik Roland

N1 - Accepted manuscript online 20 November 2015

PY - 2017/4/1

Y1 - 2017/4/1

N2 - Earlier studies have found that framing has a substantial impact on the degree of cooperation observed in public good experiments. We show that the way the public good game is framed affects misperceptions about the incentives of the game. Moreover, we show that such framing-induced differences in misperceptions are linked to the framing effect on subjects' cooperation behavior. When we do not control for the different levels of misperceptions between frames, we observe a significant framing effect on subjects' cooperation preferences. However, this framing effect becomes insignificant once we remove subjects who misperceive.

AB - Earlier studies have found that framing has a substantial impact on the degree of cooperation observed in public good experiments. We show that the way the public good game is framed affects misperceptions about the incentives of the game. Moreover, we show that such framing-induced differences in misperceptions are linked to the framing effect on subjects' cooperation behavior. When we do not control for the different levels of misperceptions between frames, we observe a significant framing effect on subjects' cooperation preferences. However, this framing effect becomes insignificant once we remove subjects who misperceive.

U2 - 10.1111/sjoe.12165

DO - 10.1111/sjoe.12165

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0347-0520

VL - 119

SP - 435

EP - 456

JO - Scandinavian Journal of Economics

JF - Scandinavian Journal of Economics

IS - 2

ER -