Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Toke Reinholt Fosgaard
Author-Name-First: Toke Reinholt
Author-Name-Last: Fosgaard
Author-Email: tf@foi.ku.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Author-Name:  Lars Gårn Hansen
Author-Name-First: Lars Gårn
Author-Name-Last: Hansen
Author-Email: lgh@foi.ku.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Author-Name:  Erik Wengström
Author-Name-First: Erik
Author-Name-Last: Wengström
Author-Email: erik.wengstrom@econ.ku.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Lund
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Title: Framing and Misperceptions in a Public Good Experiment
Abstract: Earlier studies have found that a substantial part of the contributions in public good games can be explained by subjects misperceiving the game's incentives. Using a large-scale public good experiment, we show that subtle changes in how the game is framed substantially affect such misperceptions and that this explains major parts of framing effect on subjects' behavior. When controlling for the different levels of misperception between frames, the framing effect on subjects' cooperation preferences disappears.
Length:  33 pages
Creation-Date:  2011-07
Revision-Date:  2012-10
File-URL: http://okonomi.foi.dk/workingpapers/WPpdf/WP2011/WP_2011_11_framing_and_misperceptions_revised.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 2011/11
Classification-JEL: H41, C90, D03
Keywords: Public goods, Cooperation, Misperception, Framing effects, Internet experiment
Handle: RePEc:foi:wpaper:2011_11