Individual sensitivity to framing effects

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2008
Volume: 67
Issue: 1
Pages: 296-307

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

Surveys are sometimes viewed with suspicion when used to provide economic values, since they are sensitive to framing effects. However, the extent to which those effects may vary between individuals has received little attention. Are some individuals less sensitive to framing effects than others? We use the theory of social representation to assign to each individual a new variable to serve as a proxy for the individual's sensitivity to framing effects. This allows to gather new and relevant information to limit the impact of framing effects. We examine two framing effects, starting-point bias and willingness-to-pay and willingness-to-accept divergence.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeborg:v:67:y:2008:i:1:p:296-307
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25