Eager beavers v. lazy slugs: selection effects in experiments with social preferences

• Published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 569 - 577
• Main Authors: Eckel, Catherine, Wilson, Rick K., Youn, Sora
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Behavioral/Experimental Economics; Dictators; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods; Economics; Economics and Finance; Endowment; Experiments; Game Theory; Groups; Microeconomics; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Original Paper; Preferences; Research methodology; Social and Behav. Sciences; Social behavior; C90; Methodology; C81; Online experiment; Social preferences

We ask whether social preferences measured in subjects who come to the laboratory when invited are systematically different from those of subjects who only respond when an online option is available. Subjects participated in two types of third-party (other–other) dictator games and a trust game, eit...