Abstract
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 behavioral
heterogeneity 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.
heterogeneity 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.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Udgivelsessted | Frederiksberg |
Udgiver | Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen |
Sider | 1-22 |
Antal sider | 22 |
Status | Udgivet - 2013 |
Navn | IFRO Working Paper |
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Nummer | 2013/4 |