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- Title
Dictating the Risk: Experimental Evidence on Giving in Risky Environments: Comment<sup>†</sup>.
- Authors
Krawczyk, Michal; Le Lec, Fabrice
- Abstract
Based on experimental dictator games with probabilistic prospects, Brock, Lange, and Ozbay (2013) conclude that neither ex post nor ex ante comparisons can fully account for observed behavior. We argue that their conclusion that ex ante comparisons cannot explain the data is at best weakly supported by their results, and do so on three grounds: (i) the absence of significant differences between the most relevant treatments, (ii) the implicit assumption of subjects' risk neu trality, and (iii) the asymmetry of treatments regarding the disclosure of dictators' choice. (JEL C72, D63, D64, D81)
- Subjects
RISK; RESEARCH evaluation
- Publication
American Economic Review, 2016, Vol 106, Issue 3, p836
- ISSN
0002-8282
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1257/aer.20130779