Framing effects in public good games: Choices or externalities?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2019
Volume: 179
Issue: C
Pages: 42-45

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

We disentangle the effects of choice (give vs. take) and externality (positive vs. negative) framing of decisions in isomorphic and payoff-equivalent experimental public good games. We find that, at the aggregate level, neither frame affects group contributions. At the individual level, the Take choice frame leads to greater free-riding, and also to somewhat higher contributions, i.e., to more extreme contribution behaviour.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:179:y:2019:i:c:p:42-45
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25