Arbeitspapier

The framing of games and the psychology of play

Psychological game theory can provide rational-choice-based framing effects; frames influence beliefs, beliefs influence motivations. We explain this theoretically and explore empirical relevance experimentally. In a 2×2 design of one-shot public good games we show that frames affect subject's first- and second-order beliefs, and contributions. From a psychological gametheoretic framework we derive two mutually compatible hypotheses about guilt aversion and reciprocity under which contributions are related to second- and first-order beliefs, respectively. Our results are consistent with either.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CeDEx Discussion Paper Series ; No. 2010-16

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Noncooperative Games
Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Thema
framing
psychological game theory
guilt aversion
reciprocity
public good games
voluntary cooperation
Spieltheorie
Öffentliches Gut
Framing
Psychologie
Austauschtheorie (Soziologie)
Trittbrettfahrerverhalten
Test

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Dufwenberg, Martin
Gächter, Simon
Hennig-Schmidt, Heike
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The University of Nottingham, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx)
(wo)
Nottingham
(wann)
2010

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Dufwenberg, Martin
  • Gächter, Simon
  • Hennig-Schmidt, Heike
  • The University of Nottingham, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx)

Entstanden

  • 2010

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