Understanding the nature of cooperation variability

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Our paper investigates 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 heterogeneity of cooperation behavior. We find that framing only has a small effect on the average level of cooperation but a substantial effect on behavioral heterogeneity explained almost exclusively by a corresponding change in the heterogeneity of beliefs about other subjects' behavior. The impact of changes in preferences and game form misperception is on the other hand negligible.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Public Economics
Volume120
Pages (from-to)134–143
Number of pages10
ISSN0047-2727
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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