Lack of Control: An experiment

Prissé, Benjamin and Jorrat, Diego (2021): Lack of Control: An experiment.

Abstract

We ran an experiment to study whether lack of control has an effect on experimental results. Subjects who were recruited following standard procedures completed the experiment online or in the laboratory. The experimental design is otherwise identical between conditions. Results suggest that there are no differences between conditions, except for a larger percentage of laboratory subjects donating nothing in the Dictator Game.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Time Preferences, CTB, Experiments.
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B4 - Economic Methodology > B41 - Economic Methodology; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C9 - Design of Experiments > C99 - Other

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