Download This PaperFraming Effects in the Prisoner's Dilemma But Not in the Dictator Game
17 Pages Posted: 8 Feb 2017
Date Written: Jan 31, 2017
Abstract
We systematically investigate prisoner’s dilemma games and dictator games with valence framing. We find that give versus take frames influence subjects’ behavior and beliefs in the prisoner’s dilemma game but not in the dictator game.
Keywords: framing, cooperation, prosociality
JEL Classification: D03, C7, C9, C90, C91
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Goerg, Sebastian J. and Rand, David G. and Walkowitz, Gari, Framing Effects in the Prisoner's Dilemma But Not in the Dictator Game (Jan 31, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2912982 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2912982
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