How common is the common-ratio effect?

A-Tier
Journal: Experimental Economics
Year: 2023
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Pages: 253-272

Authors (3)

Pavlo Blavatskyy (not in RePEc) Valentyn Panchenko (not in RePEc) Andreas Ortmann (UNSW Sydney)

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Abstract The common-ratio effect and the Allais Paradox (common-consequence effect) are the two best‐known violations of Expected Utility Theory. We reexamine data from 39 articles reporting experiments (143 designs/parameterizations, 14,909 observations) and find that the common-ratio effect is systematically affected by experimental design and implementation choices. The common-ratio effect is more likely to be observed in experiments with a low common-ratio factor, a high ratio of middle to highest outcome, when lotteries are presented as simple probability distributions (not in a compound/frequency form), and with high hypothetical incentives.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:kap:expeco:v:26:y:2023:i:2:d:10.1007_s10683-022-09761-y
Journal Field
Experimental
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-26