Actions and beliefs
Subtitle: estimating distribution-based preferences using a large scale experiment with probability questions on expectations
By: by Charles Bellemare, Sabine Kröger, Arthur van Soest.
Contributors: Kröger, Sabine.; Soest, Arthur van.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1666; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1666
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Probabilities.
Description: "We combine the choice data of proposers and responders in the ultimatum game, their expectations elicited in the form of subjective probability questions, and the choice data of proposers ("dictators") in a dictator game to estimate a structural model of decision making under uncertainty. We use a large and representative sample of subjects drawn from the Dutch population. Our results indicate that there is considerable heterogeneity in preferences for equity in the population. Changes in preferences have an important impact on decisions of dictators in the dictator game and responders in the ultimatum game, but a smaller impact on decisions of proposers in the ultimatum game, a result due to proposer's subjective expectations about responders' decisions. The model which uses subjective data on expectations has better predictive power and lower noise level than a model which assumes that players have rational expectations"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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